A History of Hindu Chemistry from the Earliest Times to the Middle of the Sixteenth Century A.D. v2.c32.87

v2.c32.87

In the second century B. C., we find the Kábul valley, the Punjab and Málava acnowledging the sway of the Princes of the Turkish race.[*] Wema Kadiphses, the second of the Kushana Dynasty is spoken of as a devotee of Mahesvara; his coins bear the emblem of Nandin on the reverse, which is accompanied by a human figure which holds a trident in its right arm representing Siva.[†] The last three Kushanas—Kanishka, Huvishka and Vásudeva—have been noticed in the Rájataramginí,[‡] and the emblems on the reverse of their coins are figures of deities borrowed from the Greek, Persian and Brahminical pantheon and of Buddha. Thus the Gods of all these four religions shared the adoration of these Turkish Kings. But the figure of Buddha in the