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Huvishka
Summary
Huvishka (Kushan: Οοηϸκι, Ooēški, Brahmi: , ; Kharosthi: 𐨱𐨂𐨬𐨅𐨮𐨿𐨐 , ) was the emperor of the Kushan Empire from the death of Kanishka (assumed on the best evidence available to be in 150 CE) until the succession of Vasudeva I about thirty years later.
His rule was a period of consolidation for the Empire. Huvishka's territory encompassed Balkh in Bactria to Mathura in India, locations where it is known that he minted his coinage. Gold coins and amulets in his effigy were found as far as Pataliputra and Bodh Gaya, including one such amulet as an offering under the Enlightenment Throne of the Buddha in Bodh Gaya, suggesting with other finds of Kushan coins in the area that Kushan rule may have extended this far east. His reign seems to have been essentially peaceful, consolidating Kushan power in northern India, and moving the centre of the Kushan Empire to the southern capital city of Mathura.
Huvishka was the son of Kanishka. His reign is also known as the golden age of Kushan rule.
The reign of Huvishka corresponds with the first known epigraphic evidence of the Buddha Amitabha, on the bottom part of a 2nd-century statue which has been found in Govindo-Nagar, and now at the Mathura Museum. The statue is dated to "the 28th year of the reign of Huvishka", and dedicated to "Amitabha Buddha" by a family of merchants.
There is also some evidence that Huvishka was a follower of Mahāyāna Buddhism. A Sanskrit manuscript fragment in the Schøyen Collection describes Huvishka as one who has "set forth in the Mahāyāna."
from Gandhara are also thought to portray Huvishka making donations to the Buddha.
Huvishka is widely attested to have supported Buddhism, but the Buddha does not appear on his coinage, possibly out of respect to the Buddha.
File:Amitabha Buddha inscription in the year 26 of Huvishka.jpg|Earliest known "[[Mahayana]]" inscription: inscribed pedestal with the first known occurrence of the name of "[[Amitabha Buddha]]" in the "year 26" (153 CE, first year of Huvishka){{cite book|last1=Rhie|first1=Marylin M.
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