Datta dynasty
Dattas of Mathura | |||||||||||||||
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| 1st century BCE–1st century BCE | |||||||||||||||
| Capital | Mathura | ||||||||||||||
| Religion | Hinduism | ||||||||||||||
| Government | Monarchy | ||||||||||||||
| History | |||||||||||||||
• Established | 1st century BCE | ||||||||||||||
• Disestablished | 1st century BCE | ||||||||||||||
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| Today part of | India | ||||||||||||||
The Datta dynasty is a dynasty of rulers who flourished in the northern
Pushyamitra, and that they were in turn replaced by the Mitra dynasty
.
The known Datta rulers are:[2]
- Seshadatta
- Ramadatta
- Sisuchandradatta
- Sivadatta.
The coins of Ramadatta usually represent a Lakshmi standing, and facing elephants.[2] In the archaeological excavations of Sonkh, near Mathura, the earliest coins of the Northern Satraps level were those of Hagamasha and Ramadatta.[3]
The Datta rulers are never mentioned as "king" or Raja on their coins, suggesting that they may only have been local rulers subservient to another king. Since the
Kushans
.
-
Coin of Uttamadatta. -
Coin of Purushadatta. -
Coin of Ramadatta.
References
- ^ History of Early Stone Sculpture at Mathura: Ca. 150 BCE – 100 CE, Sonya Rhie Quintanilla, BRILL, 2007, p.170 [1]
- ^ a b Dimensions of Human Cultures in Central India, A. A. Abbasi, Sarup & Sons, 2001, p.145-146 [2]
- ^ Hartel, Herbert (2007). On The Cusp Of An Era Art In The Pre Kuṣāṇa World. BRILL. p. 324.
- ^ History of Early Stone Sculpture at Mathura: Ca. 150 BCE – 100 CE, Sonya Rhie Quintanilla, BRILL, 2007, p.8–10 [3]