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60 Maues, offers no solution, since it hinges on the doubtful interpretation of a much discussed word in the Taxila copper-plate inscription of the satrap Patika and on the uncertain dating of an era. Probably Maues should be identified with the Great King Moga of the inscription, which is dated in the year 78 of some unspecified era. The month name is Parthian. Since 169 is out of the question, this cannot be the Arsacid era, which began in 247 ; even if the 78 stands for 178, the date would be 69  Rapson suggested that the era may possibly mark the capture of Seistan by Mithradates I; but a date