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The Vemaka were an ancient Indian tribe, located north of the larger tribe of the Kuninda in northern
Ancient India, from the earliest times to the first century, A.D
', p.155. Cambridge University Press 1914.
The Vemaka were an ancient Indian tribe, located north of the larger tribe of the Kuninda in northern India
India, officially the Republic of India ( Hindi: ), is a country in South Asia. It is the seventh-largest country by area, the second-most populous country, and the most populous democracy in the world. Bounded by the Indian Ocean on the ...
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They are known for their coins, as the silver coins of the Kunindas, the Vemakas and the Audumbaras
The Audumbras, or Audumbaras (Hindi;ओदुम्बर) were a north Indian tribal nation east of the Punjab, in the Western Himalaya region. They were the most important tribe of the Himachal, and lived in the lower hills between Sirmaur, C ...
closely follow the coins of the Indo-Greek
The Indo-Greek Kingdom, or Graeco-Indian Kingdom, also known historically as the Yavana Kingdom (Yavanarajya), was a Hellenistic-era Greek kingdom covering various parts of Afghanistan and the northwestern regions of the Indian subcontinent ( ...
king Apollodotus II
Apollodotus II (Greek: ) was an Indo-Greek king who ruled in the western and eastern parts of Punjab. Bopearachchi dates him to c. 80–65 BC, and R. C. Senior to c. 85–65 BC. Apollodotos II was an important ruler who seems to have re-establis ...
in their characteristics (weight, size and material).Rapson, E. J., 'Ancient India, from the earliest times to the first century, A.D
', p.155. Cambridge University Press 1914.
References
History of Uttarakhand Bactrian and Indian Hellenistic period {{India-ethno-stub