Vasudeva_II Knowpia

Vasudeva II
Vasudeva II
Kushan emperor
	Coin Vasudeva II, Guimet Museum, MA24360.
Reign	c. 275–300 CE
Predecessor	Kanishka III
Successor	Shaka
Dynasty	Kushan
Religion	Hinduism

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]

Dinar of Vasudeva II.
A bronze coin of Vasudeva II enthroned. Circa CE 290-310
Coin of Vasudeva II. The name of the ruler appears vertically next to his left arm in Gupta script: Vā-su.

References edit

^ Rezakhani, Khodadad (2017). "From the Kushans to the Western Turks". King of the Seven Climes: 203.
^ Cribb 2018, p. 21.

Sources edit

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.