Kirada

Middle field: This issue has the name Kirada ( Ki-ra-da), vertically as a monogram () under the arm of the standing ruler.

[1] Kirada (Brahmi: Ki-ra-da, ruled 335-345 CE),[5] is considered by modern scholarship as the first known ruler of the Kidarite Huns in the area of Gandhara in northwestern India,[6] possibly at the same time as another Kidarite ruler named Yosada.

[5] The name of Kirada name appears on numerous coins at the end of the Kushan Empire and the beginning of the rule of the Kidarite Huns in the area of Central and Western Punjab in India, in the period circa 340-345 CE.

[9] The appearance of the name Samudragupta may suggest some kind of suzerainty at a time in relation with the Gupta Empire.

[11][12] Altogether they form the first coin issues after the reign of the last Kushan ruler Kipunada.

Coin in the name of Kushano-Sasanian ruler Varahran I , struck under Kidarite kings Yasada and Kirada, circa CE 340-345. Kidarite tamga ( ) to the right. Balkh mint.