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Also known as Hippostratos

thumb|upright=1.5|Tetradrachm of Hippostratus.Obv: Bust of Hippostratus with Greek legend ΒΑΣΙΛΕΩΣ ΜΕΓΑΛΟΥ ΣΩΤΗΡΟΣ ΙΠΠΟΣΤΡΑΤΟΥ "Of Great King Saviour Hippostratus".Rev: King on horseback, galloping. Kharoshthi legend: MAHARAJASA TRATASA MAHATASA JAYAMTASA HIPUSTRATASA "King Hippostratus, the Great Saviour and Conqueror. thumb|upright=1.5|Tetradrachm of Hippostratos. Obv: Bust of Hippostratos with Greek legend BΑΣΙΛΕΩΣ ΜΕΓΑΛΟΥ ΣΩΤΗΡΟΣ ΙΠΠΟΣΤΡΑΤΟΥ "Great King Saviour Hippostratus". Rev: King on horseback, walking, making a gesture of benediction. Kharoshthi legend: MAHARAJASA TRATASA MAHATASA JA

Key facts

Monarch.name
Hippostratus
Monarch.succession
Indo-Greek king
Monarch.image
Hippostratos portrait.jpg
Monarch.caption
Portrait of Hippostratus
Monarch.reign
65–55 BCE

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Encyclopedic overview

6 sections
Contents
  • Rule
  • Coinage
  • Overstrikes
  • See also
  • References
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thumb|upright=1.5|Tetradrachm of Hippostratus.Obv: Bust of Hippostratus with Greek legend ΒΑΣΙΛΕΩΣ ΜΕΓΑΛΟΥ ΣΩΤΗΡΟΣ ΙΠΠΟΣΤΡΑΤΟΥ "Of Great King Saviour Hippostratus".Rev: King on horseback, galloping. Kharoshthi legend: MAHARAJASA TRATASA MAHATASA JAYAMTASA HIPUSTRATASA "King Hippostratus, the Great Saviour and Conqueror. thumb|upright=1.5|Tetradrachm of Hippostratos. Obv: Bust of Hippostratos with Greek legend BΑΣΙΛΕΩΣ ΜΕΓΑΛΟΥ ΣΩΤΗΡΟΣ ΙΠΠΟΣΤΡΑΤΟΥ "Great King Saviour Hippostratus". Rev: King on horseback, walking, making a gesture of benediction. Kharoshthi legend: MAHARAJASA TRATASA MAHATASA JAYAMTASA HIPUSTRATASA "King Hippostratus, the Great Saviour and Conqueror. thumb|upright=1.5|Hippostratus with Triton (mythology)|Triton holding dolphin and rudder and [[Tyche.]] Hippostratus (, meaning "army of horses") was an Indo-Greek king who ruled central and north-western Punjab and Pushkalavati. Bopearachchi dates Hippostratus to 65 to 55 BCE whereas R. C. Senior suggests 60 to 50 BCE.

==Rule== In Bopearachchi's reconstruction Hippostratus came to power as the successor to Apollodotus II, in the western part of his kingdom, while the weak Dionysius ascended to the throne in the eastern part. Senior assumes that the reigns of Apollodotus II and Hippostratos overlapped somewhat; in that case Hippostratus first ruled a kingdom situated to the west of Apollodotus' dominions.

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