The Rise of Mahāsena —— The Transformation of Skanda-Kārttikeya in North India from the Kuṣāṇa to Gupta Empires

----- Mahāsena崛起：从Kuṣāṇa的古普塔帝国印度北部的韦驮Kārttikeya转型

ISBN: 9789004217546 出版年：2011 页码：296 Richard D Mann Brill

This study argues from textual and material sources that Skanda-Kāttikeya’s cult in the north of India during the Kuṣāṇa and Gupta eras moves from being a broad-based Graha and Mātṛ tradition to one that advanced the ruler’s prestige and authority.