Literary and Epigraphical References Karttikeya with spear and cock, coin of the Yaudheyas. We find earliest mention of Yaudheyas in Ashtadhyayi (V.3.116-17 and IV.1.178) of Panini (c.500 BCE) where Yaudheyas are mentioned amongst Ayudhajivin Sangha s. Later, the Junagadh rock inscription (c. 150 CE) of Rudradaman I [7] acknowledged the military