Patika Kusulaka

Patika Kusulaka (Kharosthi: 𐨤𐨟𐨁𐨐𐨆 𐨐𐨂𐨯𐨂𐨫𐨂𐨐𐨆 Pa-ti-ko Ku-su-lu-ko, Patiko Kusuluko^[1]) was an Indo-Scythian satrap in the northwestern South Asia during the 1st century BCE.

Name

Patika Kusulaka's name appears on the Taxila copper plate as Patiko Kusuluko (𐨤𐨟𐨁𐨐𐨆 𐨐𐨂𐨯𐨂𐨫𐨂𐨐𐨆).^[1] This name is composed of: Patiko (𐨤𐨟𐨁𐨐𐨆), which is from the Saka name *Padika, meaning "leader";^[2] and of Kusuluko (𐨐𐨂𐨯𐨂𐨫𐨂𐨐𐨆), from Saka *Kuzulaka, meaning "striving, ambitious, energetic".^[2]

Reign

Patika Kusulaka is mentioned in the Taxila copper plate (British Museum).

He is mentioned in the Mathura lion capital. He is also mentioned in the Taxila copper plate inscription (Konow 1929: 23-29), dated between 90 and 6 BCE. In the scroll Patika is said to be the son of the Satrap of Chukhsa, Liaka Kusuluka.

Zeionises (Jihonika) may have succeeded Patika around 20–40 CE.