Political History of Ancient India, from the Accession of Parikshit to the Extinction of the Gupta Dynasty c18.s1.44

c18.s1.44

The earliest Śaka kings mentioned in Indian inscriptions are, perhaps, Damijada³ and **Maues**. The latter is usually identified with Moga of the Taxila plate. He is possibly mentioned also in the Maira Inscription.⁴ Maues-Moga was a mighty sovereign (*Maharaya*). His dominions included Chuksha near Taxila which was ruled by a satrapal, *i.e.*, a viceregal, family. Numismatic evidence points to his sway over Kāpiśi⁵ and Pushkarāvatī as well as Taxila.⁶ His satrapas probably put an end to Greek and Indian rule in the country round Mathurā. In parts of the Eastern Pañjāb and certain adjacent tracts indigenous tribes like the Audumbaras, Trigartas, Kunindas, Yaudheyas, Ārjunāyanas had begun to assert their independence probably after the collapse of the Euthydemian monarchy. Maues struck coins with the types of Eukratides and Demetrios. But the absence of the Athena Alkis type leads Tarn to surmise that he did not annex Menander's home kingdom (*i.e.*, the district round Sākala).¹