Vasudeva II

Kushan emperors 30 CE–350 CE
Heraios 1–30 CE Kujula Kadphises 50–90 CE Vima Takto 90–113 CE Vima Kadphises 113–127 CE Kanishka I 127–151 CE Huvishka 151–190 CE Vasudeva I 190–230 CE Kanishka II 230–247 CE Vāsishka 247–267 CE Kanishka III 267–270 CE Vasudeva II 270–300 CE Mahi 300–305 CE Shaka 305–335 CE Kipunada 335–350 CE
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Vasudeva II (Middle Brahmi script:

Vā-su-de-va) was a Kushan emperor who ruled c. 275–300 CE. He was probably the successor of Kanishka III and may have been succeeded by an emperor named Shaka Kushan.

Vasudeva II probably only was a local ruler in the area of Taxila, in western Punjab, under the suzerainty of the Gupta Empire.^[1]

Vasudeva II was a contemporary of Hormizd I Kushanshah of the Kushano-Sasanians, as he is known to have overstruck a large quantity of the early copper coins of Hormizd I issued south of the Hindu-Kush.^[2]

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  Dinar of Vasudeva II.

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  A bronze coin of Vasudeva II enthroned. Circa CE 290-310

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  Coin of Vasudeva II. The name of the ruler appears vertically next to his left arm in Gupta script:

  

  Vā-su.

References

Sources

• Cribb, Joe (2018). Problems of Chronology in Gandhāran Art: Proceedings of the First International Workshop of the Gandhāra Connections Project, University of Oxford, 23rd-24th March, 2017. University of Oxford The Classical Art Research Centre Archaeopress.

External links

• See: Vasudeva II coin
• Coins of late Kushan emperors
• Online catalogue of coins of Vasudeva II

Preceded by Kanishka III

Kushan Ruler c. 275–300 AD

Succeeded by Shaka Kushan