Chashtana
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Chashtana (Greek: Script error: No such module "Lang". Script error: No such module "lang". (epigraphic),[1] Script error: No such module "Lang". Script error: No such module "lang".;[2] Brahmi: File:Gupta ashoka c.svgFile:Gupta ashoka sstt.jpgFile:Gupta ashoka n.svg Script error: No such module "lang". Script error: No such module "lang".; Kharosthi: Script error: No such module "Lang". Script error: No such module "lang"., Script error: No such module "lang".[3]), also known as Tisman Ror was a Kardamaka dynasty ruler of the Saka Western Satraps in northwestern India during 78-130 CE, when he was the satrap of Ujjain.[4] He was a descendant of Kardhaman, son of Raja Dhaj and son of Ysamotika.
Name
Chashtana's name is attested in the Greek forms Script error: No such module "lang". (Script error: No such module "Lang".)[1] and Script error: No such module "lang". (Script error: No such module "Lang".),[2] in the Brahmi form Script error: No such module "lang". (File:Gupta ashoka c.svgFile:Gupta ashoka sstt.jpgFile:Gupta ashoka n.svg) and the Kharosthi form Script error: No such module "lang". (Script error: No such module "Lang".),[3] which are derived from the Saka name Script error: No such module "Lang"., meaning "master".[5]
Reign
Among modern scholars, the beginning of the Saka era is widely equated to the ascension of Chashtana (possibly to Mahakshatrapa) in 78 CE.[6]
A statue found in Mathura together with statues of the Kushan king Kanishka and Vima Taktu, and bearing the name "Shastana" (Middle Brahmi script of the Kushan period: File:Gupta ashoka ss.svgFile:Gupta ashoka sta.jpgFile:Gupta ashoka n.svg Script error: No such module "lang".) is often attributed to Chashtana himself.[7] Chashtana is called Tisman by the bards, a spelling that matches the Greek rendition of his name more closely.
Chashtana was mentioned by Ptolemy as Script error: No such module "lang"., ruling a large area of Western India into the 2nd century CE, especially the area of Ujjain ("Ozene"), during the reign of the Satavahana king Vasisthiputra Sri Pulamavi. According to Ptolemy, Chashtana directly ruled Ujjain, while Paithan (Pratisthana) continued to be ruled by Siristolemaios (identified with Sri Pulumayi, son of Gautamiputra Satakarni).[8] Ptolemy in his "Geographia", where he classifies the Western Satraps as "Indo-Scythians", describes Chashtana's territory as starting from Patalene in the West, to his capital Ujjain in the east ("Ozena-Regia Tiastani", "Ozene, capital of king Chashtana"), and beyond Barigaza in the south:
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Moreover the region which is next to the western part of India, is called Indoscythia. A part of this region around the (Indus) river mouth is Patalena, above which is Abiria. That which is about the mouth of the Indus and the Canthicolpus bay is called Syrastrena. (...) In the island formed by this river are the cities Pantala, Barbaria. (...) The Larica region of Indoscythia is located eastward from the swamp near the sea, in which on the west of the Namadus river is the interior city of Barygaza emporium. On the east side of the river (...) Ozena-Regia Tiastani (...) Minagara".
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Chashtana was the grandfather of the great Western Satrap conqueror Rudradaman I. Chashtana was founder of one of the two major Saka Satrap dynasties in north-western India, the Kardamaka (Bhadramukhas); the other, short-lived dynasty, the Kshaharatas ("Satraps"), included Bhumaka and Nahapana.[9]
Coinage
The coinage of Chastana combines a corrupted Greek legend on the obverse, around his portrait, and a Brahmi script legend on the reverse around a "Three hills and river" symbol together with the sun and two moons.[1]
Obverse: The obverse in Greek corrupted script typically reads "ΡΑΝΝΙω ΙΑΤΡΑΠAC CIASTANCA", transliteration of the Prakrit Raño Kshatrapasa Chashtana: "King and Satrap Chashtana".[1]
Reverse: The reverse in Early/Middle Brahmi script reads: RAJNO MAHAKSHATRAPASA YSAMOTIKAPUTRASA CHASHTANASA "Of the Rajah, the Great Satrap, son of Ysamotika, Chashtana".[10] This legend is sometimes followed by the name "Chatḥaṇasa" in Kharosthi script.[11]
References
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Bibliography
- "The dynastic art of the Kushans", Rosenfield
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