Please note that the content of this book primarily consists of articles available from Wikipedia or other free sources online. Oesho was a deity represented on the coins of several Kushan kings, and was apparently one of the titular deities of the dynasty. The images were previously though to represent Shiva, but recent studies indicate that Oesho was Zoroastrian Vayu with admittedly many of the attributes of Shiva (H.Humbach, 1975, p. 402-408. K.Tanabe, 1997, p. 277, M.Carter, 1995, p. 152. J.Cribb, 1997, p. 40. References cited in "De l''Indus à l''Oxus".)