Javukha

Ruler of the Alchon Huns

Javukha
Ruler of the Alchon Huns
Silver coin of Javukha, copying a Gupta horse type coinage. Obverse: King on horse with sun symbol, Brahmi legend around shahi javu-kha , Alchon tamgha to the left.^[1]^[2] The reverse normally shows a fire altar, without attendants, a Sasanian coinage symbolism. 5th century CE. class=notpageimage\| Approximate location of Javukha's territory
Reign	5th century CE

Alchon Huns
(400–670 CE)

c. 400–440	(Anonymous kings)
c. 430–490	Khingila
c. 490	Javukha
c. 461–493	Mehama
c. 490	Lakhana Udayaditya
	Aduman
c. 490–515	Toramana
c.515–540	Mihirakula
c.530–570	Toramana II
	Kashmir descendants:
6-7th c.	Pravarasena
6-7th c.	Megavahana
6-7th c.	Tujina
6-7th c.	Toramana of Kashmir

Javukha (Brahmi: Ja-vu-kha, Bactrian: Zabocho, or Zabokho)^[3] was the third known king of the Alchon Huns, in the 5th century CE.^[3] He is described as such in the Talagan copper scroll inscription, where he is also said to be Maharaja ("Great King"), and the "son of Sadavikha".^[1] In the scroll he also appears to be rather contemporary with Toramana.^[1]

Coin types

Javukha issued coins in the Bactrian script as well as in the Brahmi, suggesting a regnal claim to areas both north and south of the Hindu Kush, from Bactria to Northern Pakistan.^[3]

He issued some silver coins in which he is shown riding a horse, copying a Gupta horse type coinage which appears on the coins of Chandragupta II (r. 380-413 CE) or Kumaragupta I (r. 415-455 CE).^[1]

Coin of Javukha with portrait, Brahmi legend to right shahi javu-kha . The reverse normally shows a fire altar, flanked by armed attendants, a Sasanian coinage symbolism.^[3]
Scyphate gold coin of Javukha in Kushan style, with Bactrian legend. Reverse: siva standing facing, holding diadem and trident. Gandhara mint. 5th century CE
Coin of Javukha on horse. Sasanian-style fire altar with attendants on the reverse.

Preceded by

Khingila

Tegin of the Alchon Huns

Succeeded by

Mehama

References

^ ^a ^b ^c ^d Rezakhani, Khodadad (2017). ReOrienting the Sasanians: East Iran in Late Antiquity. Edinburgh University Press. p. 111. ISBN 9781474400305.
^ "Then we find coins inscribed Shahi Javukha or Shahi Javuvla. The attribution of these coins to Toramana is doubtful. His coins are only in silver and copper: no gold coins of his time have so far been found." in Litvinskii, Boris Anatolevich; Zhang, Guanda; Samghabadi, R. Shabani (1996). The Crossroads of Civilizations: A.D. 250 to 750. Unesco. p. 175. ISBN 9789231032110.
^ ^a ^b ^c ^d Rezakhani, Khodadad (2017). ReOrienting the Sasanians: East Iran in Late Antiquity. Edinburgh University Press. pp. 118–119. ISBN 9781474400305.