Rabatak inscription

Rabatak Inscription
The Rabatak Inscription
Period/culture2nd century CE
Discovered36°08′58″N 68°24′15″E / 36.149434°N 68.404101°E / 36.149434; 68.404101
PlaceRabatak, Afghanistan
Present locationKabul Museum, Kabul, Afghanistan
Rabatak is located in Afghanistan
Rabatak
Rabatak

The Rabatak Inscription is a stone inscribed with text written in the Bactrian language and Greek script, found in 1993 at Rabatak, near Surkh Kotal in Afghanistan. The inscription relates to the rule of the Kushan emperor Kanishka, and gives remarkable clues on the genealogy of the Kushan dynasty. It dates to the 2nd century CE.


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