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[[File:PharroAndArdoxsho.jpg|thumb|225px|<small>The fire god [[Pharro]] (left) and Ardoksho, in a Kushan sculpture found at [[Gandhara]]. The style is influenced by [[Greco-Buddhist art]] and Ardoksho is shown holding a [[cornucopia]] (upper right), a feature apparently adopted from the Greek goddess [[Tyche]].</small>]]
'''Ardoksho''' ([[Bactrian script]] Αρδοχϸο), also Romanised as '''Ardochsho''', '''Ardokhsho''' and '''Ardoxsho''' was a female deity of the [[Kushan Empire]], in [[Central Asia|Central]] and [[South Asia]] during the early part of the [[1st millennium CE]].
She has often been regarded as analogous to the deity [[Hariti]], found in some varieties of [[Buddhism]]. Analogies have also been drawn with the Persian goddess [[Anahita]], the Greek [[Tyche]], the Roman [[Fortuna]] and the Hindu [[Shri]].
During the middle of the Kushan era, Ardoksho was usually the only deity other than a male counterpart, [[Oesho]], depicted on Kushan coins.
==References==
* [http://bit.ly/2F8c3HE British Museum, 2017, ''Ardochsho (Biographical details)'']
[[Category:Asian deities]]
[[Category:Kushan Empire]]
'''Ardoksho''' ([[Bactrian script]] Αρδοχϸο), also Romanised as '''Ardochsho''', '''Ardokhsho''' and '''Ardoxsho''' was a female deity of the [[Kushan Empire]], in [[Central Asia|Central]] and [[South Asia]] during the early part of the [[1st millennium CE]].
She has often been regarded as analogous to the deity [[Hariti]], found in some varieties of [[Buddhism]]. Analogies have also been drawn with the Persian goddess [[Anahita]], the Greek [[Tyche]], the Roman [[Fortuna]] and the Hindu [[Shri]].
During the middle of the Kushan era, Ardoksho was usually the only deity other than a male counterpart, [[Oesho]], depicted on Kushan coins.
==References==
* [http://bit.ly/2F8c3HE British Museum, 2017, ''Ardochsho (Biographical details)'']
[[Category:Asian deities]]
[[Category:Kushan Empire]]
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