Ruler of the Alchon Huns
Javukha |
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![](//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/6/63/Huns_silver_coin_copying_Gupta_horse_type_5th_century_CE.jpg/220px-Huns_silver_coin_copying_Gupta_horse_type_5th_century_CE.jpg) Silver coin of Javukha, copying a Gupta horse type coinage. Obverse: King on horse with sun symbol, Brahmi legend around shahi javu-kha ![]() ![](//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/5/57/Gupta_ashoka_hi.jpg/21px-Gupta_ashoka_hi.jpg) ![](//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/a/ac/Gupta_ashoka_j.svg/14px-Gupta_ashoka_j.svg.png) ![](//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/a/a9/Gupta_allahabad_vu.jpg/14px-Gupta_allahabad_vu.jpg) ![](//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/a/a6/Gupta_ashoka_kh.svg/14px-Gupta_ashoka_kh.svg.png) , Alchon tamgha ![](//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/b9/Alchon_Tamga.png/18px-Alchon_Tamga.png) to the left. [1][2] The reverse normally shows a fire altar, without attendants, a Sasanian coinage symbolism. 5th century CE.
Approximate location of Javukha's territory |
Reign | 5th century CE |
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Javukha (Brahmi: ![](//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/a/ac/Gupta_ashoka_j.svg/14px-Gupta_ashoka_j.svg.png)
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Ja-vu-kha, Bactrian: Zabocho, or Zabokho)[3] was the third known king of the Alchon Huns, in the 5th century CE.[3] He is described as such in the Talagan copper scroll inscription, where he is also said to be Maharaja ("Great King"), and the "son of Sadavikha".[1] In the scroll he also appears to be rather contemporary with Toramana.[1]
Coin types
Javukha issued coins in the Bactrian script as well as in the Brahmi, suggesting a regnal claim to areas both north and south of the Hindu Kush, from Bactria to Northern Pakistan.[3]
He issued some silver coins in which he is shown riding a horse, copying a Gupta horse type coinage which appears on the coins of Chandragupta II (r. 380-413 CE) or Kumaragupta I (r. 415-455 CE).[1]
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Coin of Javukha with portrait,
Brahmi legend to right
shahi javu-kha ![]()
![](//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/5/57/Gupta_ashoka_hi.jpg/21px-Gupta_ashoka_hi.jpg)
![](//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/a/ac/Gupta_ashoka_j.svg/14px-Gupta_ashoka_j.svg.png)
![](//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/a/a9/Gupta_allahabad_vu.jpg/14px-Gupta_allahabad_vu.jpg)
![](//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/a/a6/Gupta_ashoka_kh.svg/14px-Gupta_ashoka_kh.svg.png)
. The reverse normally shows a fire altar, flanked by armed attendants, a
Sasanian coinage symbolism.
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Scyphate gold coin of Javukha in Kushan style, with Bactrian legend. Reverse: siva standing facing, holding diadem and trident.
Gandhara mint. 5th century CE
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Coin of Javukha on horse.
Sasanian-style fire altar with attendants on the reverse.
References