Vasudeva II

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

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]

References

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

Sources

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


  1. From the dated inscription on the Rukhana reliquary
  2. 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
  3. 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
  4. 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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