Hippostratus
Sign in to savethumb|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
Person
- Born
- 0050-00-00
- Died
- 0050-00-00
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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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Key dates
- Born
- 50 BCE
- Died
- 50 BCE
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Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- human
- Gender
- male
- Place of death
- Taxila
- Father
- Apollodotus II
- Occupation
- sovereign
- Position held
- monarch
- Image
- Coin of Hippostratos.jpg
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- Hellenistic period
- P1343
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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.