Patika Kusulaka


Patika Kusulaka was an Indo-Scythian satrap in the northwestern South Asia during the 1st century BCE.

Name

Patika Kusulaka's name appears on the Taxila copper plate as . This name is composed of:, which is from the Saka name *Padika, meaning "leader"; and of, from Saka *Kuzulaka, meaning "striving, ambitious, energetic".

Reign

He is mentioned in the Mathura lion capital. He is also mentioned in the Taxila copper plate inscription, dated between 90 and 6 BCE. In the scroll Patika is said to be the son of the Satrap of Chukhsa, Liaka Kusuluka.
Zeionises may have succeeded Patika around 20–40 CE.