Maues

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Maues was an early Indo-Scythian king known for establishing Scythian rule in northwestern India and laying the foundations of Indo-Scythian power in the region.

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Predicate Object
instanceOf Indo-Scythian king ⓘ
historical figure ⓘ
monarch ⓘ
activePeriod 1st century BCE ⓘ
alsoKnownAs Mauas ⓘ
Moga ⓘ
associatedWith Gandharan cultural sphere ⓘ
early spread of Buddhism under Indo-Scythian patronage ⓘ
coinIconography Buddhist symbols ⓘ
Nike ⓘ
Zeus ⓘ
elephant ⓘ
lion ⓘ
coinStandard Hellenistic weight standard ⓘ
conflictedWith Indo-Greek rulers of Taxila and Gandhara ⓘ
countryRuled Indo-Scythian kingdom ⓘ
dynasty Indo-Scythian dynasty ⓘ
ethnicity Scythian ⓘ
expandedInto Taxila region ⓘ
linked to: Taxila

western Punjab ⓘ
historicalSignificance bridge figure between Indo-Greek and later Kushan polities ⓘ
initiated large-scale Scythian migrations into northwestern India ⓘ
knownFor establishing Scythian rule in northwestern India ⓘ
extensive coinage ⓘ
founding Indo-Scythian power in the Indian subcontinent ⓘ
overthrowing Indo-Greek authority in parts of Gandhara ⓘ
politicalRole founder of Indo-Scythian political dominance in northwestern India ⓘ
precededBy Indo-Greek kings ⓘ
linked to: Indo-Greek Kingdoms
probableReignEnd circa 60 BCE ⓘ
probableReignStart circa 85 BCE ⓘ
regionOfOrigin Central Asian steppe ⓘ
linked to: Eurasian Steppe
reignIn Gandhara ⓘ
Punjab region ⓘ
linked to: Punjab

northwestern India ⓘ
religion Buddhism (inferred from coin legends and symbols) ⓘ
Hellenistic religious syncretism (inferred from coin iconography) ⓘ
sourceOfInformation classical literary references ⓘ
epigraphic evidence ⓘ
numismatic evidence ⓘ
successor Azes I (probable or partial successor) ⓘ
linked to: Azes I
titleOnCoins Basileus Basileon Megas Maues ⓘ
Great King of Kings Maues ⓘ
usedLanguageOnCoins Greek ⓘ
Prakrit ⓘ
usedScriptOnCoins Greek ⓘ
Kharosthi ⓘ

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Azes I → predecessor → Maues ⓘ
Gondophares → predecessor → Maues (attributed or possible predecessor in region) ⓘ
linked to: Maues