Vasudeva II

Vasudeva II
Vasudeva II
	Kushan emperor
	Coin of Vasudeva II. The name of the ruler appears vertically next to his left arm in Gupta script: Vā-su.
Reign	c. 275–300 CE

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 a king 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]

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

References

Rezakhani, Khodadad (2017). From the Kushans to the Western Turks. p. 203.
Cribb 2018, p. 21.

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.CS1 maint: ref=harv (link)

External links

Preceded by Kanishka III	Kushan Ruler c. 275–300 AD	Succeeded by Shaka Kushan

From the dated inscription on the Rukhana reliquary
An Inscribed Silver Buddhist Reliquary of the Time of King Kharaosta and Prince Indravarman, Richard Salomon, Journal of the American Oriental Society, Vol. 116, No. 3 (Jul. - Sep., 1996), pp. 442
A Kharosthī Reliquary Inscription of the Time of the Apraca Prince Visnuvarma, by Richard Salomon, South Asian Studies 11 1995, Pages 27-32, Published online: 09 Aug 2010
Cribb, Joe; Donovan, Peter (2014). Kushan, Kushano-Sasanian, and Kidarite Coins A Catalogue of Coins From the American Numismatic Society by David Jongeward and Joe Cribb with Peter Donovan. p. 4.

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[1] Rezakhani, Khodadad (2017). From the Kushans to the Western Turks. p. 203.

[FOOTNOTECribb201821-2] Cribb 2018, p. 21.

[3] From the dated inscription on the Rukhana reliquary

[4] An Inscribed Silver Buddhist Reliquary of the Time of King Kharaosta and Prince Indravarman, Richard Salomon, Journal of the American Oriental Society, Vol. 116, No. 3 (Jul. - Sep., 1996), pp. 442

[5] A Kharosthī Reliquary Inscription of the Time of the Apraca Prince Visnuvarma, by Richard Salomon, South Asian Studies 11 1995, Pages 27-32, Published online: 09 Aug 2010

[KKSK-6] Cribb, Joe; Donovan, Peter (2014). Kushan, Kushano-Sasanian, and Kidarite Coins A Catalogue of Coins From the American Numismatic Society by David Jongeward and Joe Cribb with Peter Donovan. p. 4.