Tushaspha

Girnar

Location of Girnar in India.

Tushaspa (

Rudradaman, writing circa 150 CE, mentions his role in the construction of a local dam, in which he added a canal during the reign of Ashoka.^[1]

The part of the inscription mentioning him reads:

"(L.8) (The dam was) ordered to be made by the Vaishya Pushyagupta, the provincial governor of the Maurya king
Yavana
king Tushaspa while governing; and by the conduit ordered to be made by him, constructed in a manner worthy of a king (and) seen in that breach, the extensive dam..."
— Junagadh rock inscription of Rudradaman^[2]^[3]

According to some authors, the name Tushaspa seems to be Persian rather than Greek.

Yavana", the usual name for Greeks in the east.^[4]

Ashoka is known to have mentioned the presence of "Yavanas" in his kingdom in several of his Edicts of Ashoka:

"Here in the king's domain among the
Palidas
, everywhere people are following Beloved-Servant-of-the-Gods's instructions in Dhamma".
— Rock Edict Nb13 (Translated by S. Dhammika)

References

^ ^a ^b ^c A History of India, Hermann Kulke, Dietmar Rothermund, Routledge, 2016 p.154
^ Epigraphia Indica, Vol. VIII. Calcutta: Office of the Superintendent of Government Printing, 1905-6, 45-49
^ "Junagadh Rock Inscription of Rudradaman", Project South Asia.Archived 23 February 2009 at the Wayback Machine
^ Ashoka: The Search for India's Lost Emperor, Charles Allen, Hachette UK, 2012 p.129

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[HOI-1] A History of India, Hermann Kulke, Dietmar Rothermund, Routledge, 2016 p.154

[2] Epigraphia Indica, Vol. VIII. Calcutta: Office of the Superintendent of Government Printing, 1905-6, 45-49

[WB-3] "Junagadh Rock Inscription of Rudradaman", Project South Asia.Archived 23 February 2009 at the Wayback Machine

[4] Ashoka: The Search for India's Lost Emperor, Charles Allen, Hachette UK, 2012 p.129

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