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Patika Kusulaka

Indo-Scythian satrap in the northwestern South Asia during the 1st century BCE

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Patika Kusulaka (Kharosthi: , ) was an Indo-Scythian satrap in the northwestern South Asia during the 1st century BCE.

Name Patika Kusulaka's name appears on the Taxila copper plate as . and of , from Saka , meaning "striving, ambitious, energetic".

Reign Patika Kusulaka is mentioned in the Taxila copper plate (British Museum). He is mentioned in the Mathura lion capital. He is also mentioned in the Taxila copper plate inscription (Konow 1929: 23-29), dated between 90 and 6 BCE. In the scroll Patika is said to be the son of the Satrap of Chukhsa, Liaka Kusuluka.

Zeionises (Jihonika) may have succeeded Patika around 20–40 CE.

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Indo-Scythian satrap in the northwestern South Asia during the 1st century BCE

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· Wikidata: Q16932141

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