2023, Vol. 9, Issue 6, Part A

A scrutiny of the numismatic issues of the post-Kushāṇa phase in the Kauśāmbī region establishes that the region escaped the prepollent grasp of the Imperial Kushāṇas, courtesy of Bhīmasena, whose publicised his declaration of sovereignty by issuing coins and embracing the title of Mahārāja. Furthermore, as a corollary, the paper will also prove that Prajāpatimitra was the local ruler of Kauśāmbī when the Kushāṇa juggernaut under Kanishka steamrolled through it along with other local polities lying to the east of it.