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Patika Kusulaka

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 (). This name is composed of: (), which is from the Saka name , meaning "leader"; and of (), from Saka , meaning "striving, ambitious, energetic".

Reign

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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