Azes II.

Azes II ( probably around † 12 BC) was an Indo - Scythian king who ruled from about 35-12 BC.

Azes II is mostly known from his coins. He followed the brief ruling Azilises in the north of the kingdom. Azes II seems to have lost the Indus, but could Jalalabad and From Gard conquer.

The empire seems to have been ruled by satraps. At the end of the reign of Azes II, the satraps Jihonika and Rajuvula made ​​independently and shaped their own coins.

Azes II is also associated with the Bimaranreliquie in conjunction, a round gold box, decorated with depictions of the Buddha. It was found in a stupa in Bimaran ( in Jalalabad, Afghanistan). With the box, there were coins of Azes II, which provides an indication of the dating of the piece. The illustrations are among the oldest pictures of Buddha.

It is assumed that two rulers named Azes, but there are also considerations that it has possibly been only one ruler with that name.

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