Vemaka

{{Short description|Historical tribe of Uttarakhand, India}} {{Use dmy dates|date=May 2025}} {{Use Indian English|date=June 2017}} [[File:Audumbaras coin 1st century BCE.jpg|thumb|350px|Possible coin of the Vemaka tribe, also sometimes attributed to the Audumbaras.]] [[File:Indian tribes between the Indus and the Ganges.jpg|thumb|300px|Location of the Vemakas relative to other groups: the Audumbaras, the Kunindas, the Vrishnis, the Yaudheyas, the Pauravas and the Arjunayanas.]] The '''Vemaka''' were an ancient Indian tribe, located north of the larger tribe of the Kuninda in northern India.

They are known for their coins, as the silver coins of the Kunindas, the Vemakas and the Audumbaras closely follow the coins of the Indo-Greek king Apollodotus II in their characteristics (weight, size and material).<ref>Rapson, E. J., '' [https://archive.org/details/ancientindiafrom00raps Ancient India, from the earliest times to the first century, A.D]'', p.155. Cambridge University Press 1914.</ref>

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Category:History of Uttarakhand Category:Bactrian and Indian Hellenistic period Category:Ancient peoples of India

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