title: Patika Kusulaka
text: # Patika Kusulaka
  
  Patika Kusulaka (Kharosthi: 𐨤𐨟𐨁𐨐𐨆 𐨐𐨂𐨯𐨂𐨫𐨂𐨐𐨆 Pa-ti-ko Ku-su-lu-ko, Patiko Kusuluko) was an Indo-Scythian satrap in the northwestern South Asia during the 1st century BCE.
  
  ## Name
  
  Patika Kusulaka's name appears on the Taxila copper plate as Patiko Kusuluko (𐨤𐨟𐨁𐨐𐨆 𐨐𐨂𐨯𐨂𐨫𐨂𐨐𐨆). This name is composed of: Patiko (𐨤𐨟𐨁𐨐𐨆), which is from the Saka name *Padika, meaning "leader"; and of Kusuluko (𐨐𐨂𐨯𐨂𐨫𐨂𐨐𐨆), from Saka *Kuzulaka, meaning "striving, ambitious, energetic".
  
  ## Reign
  
  He is mentioned in the Mathura lion capital. He is also mentioned in the Taxila copper plate inscription (Konow 1929: 23-29), dated between 90 and 6 BCE. In the scroll Patika is said to be the son of the Satrap of Chukhsa, Liaka Kusuluka.
  
  Zeionises (Jihonika) may have succeeded Patika around 20–40 CE.
  
  