Talk:Toramana

Alternate theories

@TrangaBellam: "Whether he was an Alchon king remains disputed". Can you elaborate what alternative sources are saying? I'm interested. Best पाटलिपुत्र Pataliputra (talk) 08:38, 20 September 2022 (UTC)

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But it is not clear that Toramāṇa, who we know ruled in Gujarat in the late 5th and early 6th century, was Alchon at all, despite the practice to assign him to that dynasty by most writers. They seem to follow the lead of Göbl (71), who classified the king as Alchon in his seminal work on the coins of the Iranian Huns. Whether this classification was justified could be debated. Toramāṇa generally did not use the Alchon tamgha on his coins. The only exceptions are his rare Sasanian style drachms from Gandhāra; all his other coin types had their own distinctive features. It is entirely possible that he belonged to a lineage that owed its origin to the Kidarites; on many of his coins, he actually named Kidara.

TrangaBellam (talk) 15:22, 28 October 2022 (UTC)

@TrangaBellam: Nice info to add to the article! पाटलिपुत्र (Pataliputra) (talk) 15:37, 28 October 2022 (UTC)

A coin of Torama, with the Alchon tamgha.

A coin in the name "Torama" ("Victorious Lord Tora", , Jaya-sa Sri Tora), with the Alchon tamgha ()... पाटलिपुत्र (Pataliputra) (talk) 14:35, 8 January 2023 (UTC)