Political History of Ancient India, from the Accession of Parikshit to the Extinction of the Gupta Dynasty c18.s3.37
Political History of Ancient India, from the Accession of Parikshit to the Extinction of the Gupta Dynasty c18.s3.37
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c18.s3.37
The conquests of the Kadphises kings opened up the path of commerce between China and the Roman Empire and India. Roman gold began to pour into this country in payment for silk, spice and gems. Kadphises II began to issue gold coins.⁶ He had a bilingual gold and copper coinage.¹ The obverse design gives us a new lifelike representation of the monarch. The reverse is confined to the worship of Śiva, which was gaining ground since the days of the *Śiva-Bhāgavatas* mentioned by Patañjali.² In the Kharoshṭhī inscription Kadphises II is called "the great king, the king of kings, lord of the whole world, the *Mahiśvara*, the defender."³