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Ursaka

Bactrian noble
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  • Taxila, Pakistan: Dharmarajika stupa
    Taxila
    / Archaeology

    …relics, by a Bactrian named Ursaka from the town of Noacha in the year 136 bce, for the bestowal of health on “the great King, Supreme King of Kings, the Son of Heaven, the Kushana” (probably Vima Kadphises, son of the Kushan conqueror Kujala). That site also contained several statues…

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    …relics, by a Bactrian named Ursaka from the town of Noacha in the year 136 bce, for the bestowal of health on “the great King, Supreme King of Kings, the Son of Heaven, the Kushana” (probably Vima Kadphises, son of the Kushan conqueror Kujala). That site also contained several statues…

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