Coins naming a king called Kidara provide the main numismatic evidence for the Kidarites in Central Asia. They crossed into Gandhara by 388 CE at the latest, adopting Kushan titles with a new seal type called a Tonga. By 453 CE, Persian Shah Yazdagerd II fell to them, making the Sasanian Empire a Kidarite tributary.
Kidarite Hun coins and numismatic evidence for their rise
Key facts
- Coins reference a king named Khadara, providing the primary Central Asian evidence for the Kidarites
- Kidarites appear to have crossed the Hindu Kush and established control over Gandhara by 388 CE at the latest
- The Kidarites employed Kushan political titles and imagery, using a new type of seal called a Tonga, distinct from earlier Kushan Tongas
- Persians attempted to drive the Kidarites from Bactria in a series of wars between approximately 420 and 450 CE
- In 453 CE, Persian Shah Yazdiger II was defeated and the Sasanian Empire entered a tributary position to the Kidarite state
- The Roman historian Ammianus Marcellinus referred to this group as the Chionites around 350 CE
- The Kushano-Sasanian state disintegrated by 360 or 365 CE at the latest
Sources
The Kidarites, the numismatic evidence.pdf - Academia.eduacademia.edu
Numismatic evidence indicates the Kidarite Huns ruled Bactria and Gandhara from the 4th to 5th centuries CE. The Kidarite coinage likely began before 379 CE, ...
Gadahara - The COININDIA Coin Galleriescoinindia.com
Presentations of Kushan coins normally end with the coins, shown here, that go under the name Gadahara, although it is not clear these are Kushan coins at ...
kidarite - CoinArchives.com Search Resultscoinarchives.com
Ancient : Kidarites Kidarites, Base Gold Dinar, 7.95g, Obv: King standing right with trident and banner, fire altar, "Kidara" in Brahmi below arm in the right ...
KIDARITES - Encyclopaedia Iranicairanicaonline.org
On Gandhāran coin issues the ruler named Kidara assumed as his second crown that of Yazdegerd II … place the first king named Kidara in Kāpiśā as early as ...
4. The Kidarites in Gandhara and Uddiyanadata1.geo.univie.ac.at
Kidarites struck coins only in silver and copper based on the Sasanian drachm, The king's names include Wahram, Peroz and Kidara, Kidarite silver coin
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