The Cambridge History of India, Vol. I: Ancient India v1.c31.106

v1.c31.106

That this extension had been completed before 64 A.D. appears certain from the evidence of an inscription which was discovered near Panjtār in the Yūsufzai sub-division of the Peshāwar District¹. It is dated on the first day of the month Çrāvaṇa in the year 122; and there can be no doubt that the era is the same as that which occurs in the Takht-i-Bahi inscription of Gondopharnes, that is to say, the era of Azes which began in 58 B.C. The inscription was set up in the reign of a Kushāṇa (Gushana) who is styled 'Great King'; but, as the personal name of this monarch is not given, he cannot be identified. If he was not V'ima Kadphises himself, he was, as the subordinate title may perhaps indicate, most probably one of his viceroys and possibly the Kara Kadphises whose coins seem to belong to the region in which the inscription was found (p. 582, note).