Hecate: A mysterious divinity, probably a moon goddess (or as some think, an earth goddess) commonly represented as a daughter of Persaeus or Perses, and hence called Perseis. She was one of the Titans, and the only one of this race, who retained her power under the rule of Zeus. The extensive power possessed by …
Dioscuroi Sons of Zeus, the well-known heroes Castor and Polux, called by the Greeks Polydeuces. Castor and Pollux are twin half-brothers in Greek and Roman mythology, known together as the Dioscuri. According to Homer, they were the sons of Leda and Tyndareus, king of Lacedaemon, and consequently brothers of Helen. Castor was famous for his …
Dionysus The Ancient Greek God Dionysus, also called Bacchus in Rome & Liber Pater, in Greco-Roman religion, a nature god of fruitfulness and vegetation, especially known as a god of wine and ecstasy, is another Important Indo Greek divinity” Dionysus, the god of wine, was the son of Zeus and Semele, the daughter of Cadmus …
Let us get familiarised with a few other Greek Gods and Goddesses also.“Artemis, in Greek religion, the goddess of wild animals, the hunt, and vegetation and of chastity and childbirth; she was identified by the Romans with Diana. Artemis was the daughter of Zeus and Leto and the twin sister of Apollo. Among the rural …
In the year ——-, of the Great king Menander, on the fourteenth, 14th day of (the month) of Karttika, the body relic endowed with life (of Lord sakyamuni) was consecrated. The corporal relics of the Lord Sakeyamuni of Viyakamitra, the apratyagrája (the king without enemies} Vijayamitra established (or consecrated this) — bowl. This relic having …
INDO-GREEK Inscriptions Inscription no: 11.Shinkot Steatite Casket Inscriptions of the time of Menander (158 to 138 BC.) and of vijayamitraRegnal year 5.Provenance: Shinkot, Bajaur Tribal territory in south-easternAfghanistan. about 32 kms of the Panjkora, Swat confluenceScript: KharoshthiLanguage: Prakrit. North-Western varietyReference: N.G. Majumdar, Ep Ind XX 7 D.C Sircar ibid XXVI pp. 318 ff Age of …
. Musanagar Brick Inscription of Devemitra” Provenance? Musanagar, Kanpur district, Uttar pradesh, now in Bhárat Kal& Bhawan Mugeum, Banaras Hindu University. UM A king named Devamitya is known from a rare coin preserved in the Indian Museum, Calcutta Ind. Museum cat : Museum Cats, I, Pl. XIX, 18). He flourished among the rulers of — …
COINS OF THE INDO-GREEKS DIODOTUS I, King of Bactria. (250 to 230 B.C.) Attic Tetradrachm. B.M. References: A.K. Narayan, Indo-Greeks, Pl.I.1.7 M. V.D. Mohan, Indo-Greek Coins, p. 181, and Pl.I, 1. Obverse: In dotted circle, head of Diodotus I, r, diadamed with one end floating freely behind and the other hanging stiffly down. Reverse: Zeus …
Brhaspatimitra has been called Magadharaja, a king of Magadha, in kharavelas hathigumpa inscription (that is related to hathigumpa inscriptio. If the Brhaspatimitra mentioned in the inscription is the same king as the Brhaspatimitra of Mitra dynasty, then that would mean that the dynasty held a considerable influence in the region surrounding Kosambi. It is worth …
The Kanva dynasty or Kanvayana had overthrown shunga dynasity had ruled parts of eastern and central India from 73 BCE to 28 BCE. The capital of this kingdom had been either patliputra or vidisha. The Kanva dynasty was established by Vasudev Kanva in 73 BCE. Vasudeva was initially a minister of Shunga , who then …