Talk:Ranaditya Satya

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The title for this page is unfortunately inappropriate. The name of this king is unquestionably Ranaditya Satya; Senior had misread the legend when he first published the type and people have got stuck on this mis-reading. Even the image contained in the article includes the i-diacritic on the letter da (making it di) and the last letter on the right is certainly tya, not ta.

Most of the time now, knowledgeable people don't even comment on the old reading; for example, see Pankaj Tandon: "TWO NEWLY-IDENTIFIED HUN KINGS AND A HOARD FROM PUSHKALAVATI," Journal of the Oriental Numismatic Society No. 237, Autumn 2019, p. 9. ] (talk) 17:54, 28 April 2022 (UTC)

@Rani nurmai: Corrected. Thank you! The diacritic on the d seems to be reverted (going to the right rather than to the left). Wouldn't this be a long "a", making it "dā"? पाटलिपुत्र Pat (talk) 07:12, 29 April 2022 (UTC)

The letter forms vary so much by time and place that what was an ā in one context might easily be an i in another. The context here is quite clear. Rānāditya is a name that appears in several places in the Rajatarangini.

By the way, it might make sense to add another reference, more definitive than the Tandon article, where the name is read without comment: A.M. Fishman and I.J. Todd: The Silver Damma, IIRNS Publications, 2018.

Thanks for the quick changes! Rani nurmai (talk) 12:44, 1 May 2022 (UTC)

Also, no reason to have two n's in Rannaditya ... Ranaditya should do, Rāṇāditya to be precise. Rani nurmai (talk) 12:47, 1 May 2022 (UTC)

@Rani nurmai: Thank you very much! I will update accordingly. You seem to be knowledgeable about ancient Indian kingdoms and coinage... recently I created clickable maps of the ancient kingdoms of India -500, -150, 120, 350, 500, 600, 800, 1000, 1175, 1250, 1400, 1500. In case there is anyway you can improve on these maps and articles, or illustration with coin images, you would be very welcome! पाटलिपुत्र Pat (talk) 13:28, 1 May 2022 (UTC)

References

Title of page once again

Some as yet unpublished research is showing that the king's name is simply Ranaditya, with Satya being an epithet. Coins are now known that have the word "Bodha" in place of Satya and also others that have the word om in that place. Maybe I will re-visit once that research is published. Rani nurmai (talk) 16:45, 20 August 2025 (UTC)