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Maues

r. c. 85–60 BCE · 1st century BCE · Also known as Moga

Maues was the first major Indo-Scythian king in India, ruling in the early 1st century BCE. He established Saka power in Gandhara and took Taxila from the Indo-Greeks, issuing coins that copied Greek types. The Taxila copper plate inscription of Patika names him as the great king Moga.

Maues
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