The famous Buddhist mural named "The Hunter King" (7-8th centuries CE) shows a typically local royal figure seated on a throne, his bow and arrows on the side.

He wears a triple-crescent crown which has been compared to the triple-crescent crowns on the coinage found in northeastern Afghanistan in the area of Zabulistan, such as a coin found in Ghazni.

[2][3] Other authors have attributed the triple-crescent crown to Hephthalite influence.

[4] The painting may be an allegory of a King abandoning violence, particularly the hunting of animals, and converting to Buddhism.

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