What it says
Vima Kadphises put Shiva on the back of his coins, standing with trident before the bull, and called himself in Kharoshthi a devotee of Maheshvara. Kanishka, Huvishka and Vasudeva I kept the deity under the name OESHO, often with four arms holding trident, vajra, water pot and drum. Huvishka also struck Skanda, Kumara, Vishakha and Mahasena. Vasudeva I’s coins show Oesho with Nandi on nearly every issue.
What it proves
They show the worship of Shiva and Skanda at the heart of an empire that ran from the Oxus to the Ganga, two thousand years ago.
