Sodasa

Sodasa
Indo-Scythian Northern Satraps king
Coin of Sodasa from Mathura. Obv: Standing female and tree-like symbol. "Mahakatapasa putasa Khatapasa Sodasa" ie "Satrap Sodasa, son of the Great Satrap". Rev: Lakshmi with elephants pouring water over her.[1]
Reignc. 15 CE
PredecessorRajuvula
FatherRajuvula
MotherKamuia Ayasa
Regnal title of Sodasa in the Mirzapur stele inscription, vicinity of Mathura. (Middle Brahmi script):

Svāmisya Mahakṣatrapasya Śudasasya
"Of the Lord and Great Satrap Śudāsa"[2]

Sodasa (Kharosthi: 𐨭𐨂𐨜𐨯 Śu-ḍa-sa, Śuḍasa;[3] Middle Brahmi script: Śo-dā-sa, Śodāsa, also Śu-dā-sa, Śudāsa) was an Indo-Scythian Northern Satrap and ruler of Mathura during the later part of the 1st century BCE or the early part of 1st century CE.[4] He was the son of Rajuvula, the Great Satrap of the region from Taxila to Mathura.[5] He is mentioned in the Mathura lion capital.[6]

  1. ^ Catalogue Of The Coins In The Indian Museum Calcutta. Vol.1 by Smith, Vincent A. p.196
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  3. ^ Konow, Sten (1929). Kharoshṭhī Inscriptions: with the Exception of Those of Aśoka. Kolkata: Government of India Central Publication Branch. p. 41, PLATE VIII.
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  5. ^ Quintanilla, Sonya Rhie (2007). History of Early Stone Sculpture at Mathura: Ca. 150 BCE - 100 CE. BRILL. p. 170. ISBN 9789004155374.
  6. ^ Quintanilla, Sonya Rhie (2007). History of Early Stone Sculpture at Mathura: Ca. 150 BCE - 100 CE. BRILL. pp. 168–169. ISBN 9789004155374.

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