{"id":2417,"date":"2024-06-09T16:16:25","date_gmt":"2024-06-09T16:16:25","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/ancientirannews.com\/en\/?p=2417"},"modified":"2024-06-13T05:34:00","modified_gmt":"2024-06-13T05:34:00","slug":"a-kushan-royal-inscription-among-the-almosi-rock-inscriptions-recently-discovered-in-tajikistan","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/ancientirannews.com\/en\/a-kushan-royal-inscription-among-the-almosi-rock-inscriptions-recently-discovered-in-tajikistan\/","title":{"rendered":"A Kushan royal inscription among the Almosi rock inscriptions recently discovered in Tajikistan."},"content":{"rendered":"\t\t<div data-elementor-type=\"wp-post\" data-elementor-id=\"2417\" class=\"elementor elementor-2417\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-19c8fcb e-flex e-con-boxed e-con e-parent\" data-id=\"19c8fcb\" data-element_type=\"container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"e-con-inner\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-43d2a49 ahura-dark-mode-filter-texts-no elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"43d2a49\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p>An inscription in the name of a Kushan king, Wima Takto (circa 90\u2013113 CE), has recently been discovered by the archaeologist Muhsin Bobomulloev of the National Museum of Tajikistan and his colleagues. The new inscription, found in the Almosi Gorge with other inscriptions in an \u2018unknown script\u2019, confirms the identity of Wima Takto, the second king of the Kushan Dynasty, which ruled a large territory stretching from Central Asia to North India in the first four centuries CE. The history of this dynasty is pieced together from inscriptions, coins, and archaeology, and fleeting references in Chinese sources. Each new inscription adds another piece to the jigsaw of Kushan history, revealing a powerful state in control of the central lands of the ancient Silk Road. This article positions the new inscription within the current understanding of Kushan history and the status of Wima Takto.<\/p><p>\u00a0<\/p><p><span style=\"color: blue; font-size: unset; text-align: inherit;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.cambridge.org\/core\/journals\/journal-of-the-royal-asiatic-society\/article\/abs\/kushan-royal-inscription-among-the-almosi-rock-inscriptions-recently-discovered-in-tajikistan\/3B38CE92D2CCF8CE0FE61AB906E068B4\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Link to the article<\/a><br \/><\/span><\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<div class=\"sws_supernormalaction\"><button on=\"tap:superwebshare-lightbox\" class=\"superwebshare_normal_button1 superwebshare-button-lg superwebshare-button-default superwebshare_prompt superwebshare_button_svg\" style=\"color:#ffffff;background-color: #BD3854;\" ><svg xmlns=\"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/2000\/svg\" class=\"superwebshare-svg\"  fill=\"currentColor\" viewBox=\"0 0 1000 1000\" stroke=\"currentColor\" stroke-width=\"0\"><path stroke-linecap=\"round\" stroke-linejoin=\"round\" d=\"M789.86,323.67c91.79,0,164.25-72.46,164.25-164.25S881.64,0,789.86,0S625.6,72.46,625.6,164.25c0,4.83,0,14.49,0,24.15L306.76,371.98c-24.15-24.15-57.97-33.82-96.62-33.82c-91.79,0-164.25,72.46-164.25,164.25s72.46,164.25,164.25,164.25c38.65,0,72.46-14.49,96.62-33.82L625.6,821.26c0,9.66,0,14.49,0,19.32c0,86.96,72.46,159.42,159.42,159.42s159.42-72.46,159.42-159.42s-67.63-159.42-154.59-159.42c-33.82,0-67.63,9.66-96.62,33.82L374.4,526.57c0-9.66,0-19.32,0-24.15s0-14.49,0-24.15l318.84-188.41C717.39,314.01,751.21,323.67,789.86,323.67z\" \/><\/svg><span>Share<\/span><\/button><\/div>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>An inscription in the name of a Kushan king, Wima Takto (circa 90\u2013113 CE), has recently been discovered by the archaeologist Muhsin Bobomulloev of the National Museum of Tajikistan and&#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":2424,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[32],"tags":[],"content_types":[],"class_list":["post-2417","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-journals-articles"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/ancientirannews.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2417","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/ancientirannews.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/ancientirannews.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ancientirannews.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/3"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ancientirannews.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2417"}],"version-history":[{"count":14,"href":"https:\/\/ancientirannews.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2417\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":2480,"href":"https:\/\/ancientirannews.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2417\/revisions\/2480"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ancientirannews.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/2424"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/ancientirannews.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2417"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ancientirannews.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2417"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ancientirannews.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2417"},{"taxonomy":"content_types","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ancientirannews.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/content_types?post=2417"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}