Coin of Sodasa, satrap of Mathura, AE.
Obv: Lakshmi standing between two symbols on the obverse and inscription around "Mahakhatapasa putasa Khatapasa Sodasasa ".
Rev: Standing Abhiseka Lakshmi anointed by two elephants (Blurred)

Sodasa was an Indo-Scythian, and the son of the Great Satrap of Mathura Rajuvula. The Indo-Scythians are a branch of the Indo-Iranian Sakas ( Scythians) who migrated from southern Siberia into Bactria, Mathura ( IAST mathurā)( Hindi: मथुरा is a holy City in the Indian state of Uttar Pradesh. Rajuvula was an Indo-Scythian Great Satrap ( Mahakshatrapa) who ruled in the area of Mathura in northern India in the years around 10 He is mentioned in the Mathura lion capital. The Mathura lion capital is a Indo-Scythian sandstone capital from Mathura in Central India dated to the 1st century CE

Sodasa reigned during the 1st century CE, and also took the title of Great Satrap, probably in the area of Mathura as well, but apparently under the suzerainty of the Indo-Parthian king Gondophares. The Indo-Parthian Kingdom was established during the 1st century by Gondophares, and at its greatest extent extended into areas that are in present-day Afghanistan Gondophares was the first king of the Indo-Parthian Kingdom. He seems to have ruled from 21 CE for at least 26 years

Sodasa was a contemporary of Nahapana. Nahapana (119-124 CE was an important ruler of the Western Kshatrapas, descendant of the Indo-Scythians, in northwestern India

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