Kuninda Kingdom

Kuninda Kingdom
Kuninda Kingdom
Before 2nd century BCE–3rd century
	Silver coin of the Kuninda Kingdom, c. 1st century BCE. These coins followed the Indo-Greek module.; Obv: Deer standing right, crowned by two cobras, attended by Lakshmi holding a lotus flower. Legend in Prakrit (Brahmi script, from left to right): Rajnah Kunindasya Amoghabhutisya maharajasya ("Great King Amoghabhuti, of the Kunindas").; Rev: Stupa surmounted by the Buddhist symbol triratna, and surrounded by a swastika, a "Y" symbol, and a tree in railing. Legend in Kharoshti script, from right to left: Rana Kunidasa Amoghabhutisa Maharajasa, ("Great King Amoghabhuti, of the Kunindas").
	South Asia; 150 BCE SATAVAHANAS MAHAMEGHA-; VAHANAS SAMATATAS AUDUMBARAS YAUDHEYAS PAURAVAS VRISHNIS KUNINDAS INDO-; GREEKS GRECO-; BACTRIANS MITRAS ARJUNAYANAS MALAVAS SHUNGAS PANDYAS CHOLAS CHERAS LOULAN HAN DYNASTY ◁ ▷ Location on the Kunindas and contemporary South Asian polities circa 150 CE.
	Location of Kuninda relative to other groups: the Audumbaras, the Vemakas, the Vrishnis, the Yaudheyas, the Pauravas and the Arjunayanas.
Government	monarchy
History
• Established	Before 2nd century BCE
• Disestablished	3rd century
	Succeeded by
Gupta Empire
Today part of	India Nepal

The Kingdom of Kuninda (or Kulinda in ancient literature) was an ancient central Himalayan kingdom documented from around the 2nd century BCE to the 3rd century, located in the southern areas of modern Himachal Pradesh and far western areas of Uttarakhand in northern India and Doti Gadwall in Nepal.

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