The Cambridge History of India, Vol. I: Ancient India v1.c31.99

v1.c31.99

The monarch then ruling at Takshaçilā is described in the inscription as 'Great King, Supreme King of Kings, Son of the Gods, the Kushāṇa (Khushana)'; and, although his personal name is not given, there is sufficient evidence to show that he is almost certainly to be identified with V'ima Kadphises, the second king of the Kushāṇa dynasty. His titles—except for the substitution of the ordinary royal designation of the Kushāṇas, 'Son of the Gods,' in place of 'Chief'—are identical with those which occur in the legend of the small silver coins bearing the portrait of V'ima Kadphises (*v. sup.* p. 581); and the first two of these titles, inherited from the Pahlava kings, are included in the style usually assumed by this monarch on other coins. Moreover at the end of the inscription is affixed the symbol (the *triçūla* or *nandipada*) which is likewise characteristic of the coins of V'ima Kadphises¹.