Oesho

One of the titular gods of the dynasty and, with Ardoxsho, one of only two deities still struck on late Kushan coinage. Shown with trident and bull, he fuses the Iranian Vayu with the Indic Shiva-Maheshvara — the Bactrian high god in Shaiva form.

Domains

• wind
• destruction and renewal
• ascetic power
• cattle

Relations

• equated with: Shiva

Sources

• Coins of Kanishka I, Huvishka and Vasudeva I, reverse legend ΟΗϷΟ; Rosenfield (1967)