Ahin Posh

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Reconstitution of the Ahin Posh Buddhist monastery.
Reconstitution of the Ahin Posh Buddhist monastery.

Ahin Posh or Ahin Posh Tope is an ancient archaeological site in Orakzai, F.a.T.a., Pakistan, near the Afghanistan city of Jellalabad. The ruins of a Buddhist monastery are located there, in which coins of the Kushan king Kanishka were found together with a golden amulet, and a gold coin of the Roman emperor Trajan and empress Sabina coined between 128-137 CE.[1]

[edit] Notes

  1. ^ Documents Epigraphiques Kushans G. Fussman p.48

[edit] References

  • "Documents Epigraphiques Kushans" G. Fussman


A coin of the Roman Emperor Trajan, found together with coins of Kanishka, at Ahin Posh.

Coin of Kanishka found at Ahin Posh.

Golden amulet which contained coins of Kanishka, especially the Buddha coin. Ahin Posh.

Coin of Kanishka, with depiction of the Buddha. Ahin Posh.
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Coordinates: 33°45′46″N 70°58′56″E / 33.76278, 70.98222

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