आगमे शैवे विश्वासटिप्पन्यः

We are well aware of the yavana vaiShNava from the Heliodorus inscription. But where there yavana shaiva? The case of lakulIsha points to this being the case. This unusual 1 foot head of rudra from Mathura might be take as evidence. It is unlike any other depiction of rudra from Mathura or elsewhere from 200BCE-200 ACE. If it represented a stand form as in some of the early images it must have been upto 6 feet. We posit that it was made by a yavana shaiva following the conventions of his own iconography.

This may be seen in light of the inscription found on this silver-gold bowl from gandhAra published by Falk with a yavana’s inscription: kaliphONena meridarkhena praTishunita nirakaTe boasa “By KalliphOn, the MeridarchEs, after a promise, (this) was repaid for Boa.” Boa=bhava