Damajadasri I

Damajadasri I
Western Satrap
Coin of Damajadasri I. Obverse: legend in pseudo-Greek letters, around portrait of the ruler. Obverse: Chaitya with Brahmi legend around (from 12:00):
Damajadasri I, Brahmi coin legend
"King and Satrap Damajadaśri, son of King and Great Satrap Rudradaman".[1]
Reign170–175 CE
PredecessorRudradaman I
SuccessorJivadaman
IssueJivadaman

Damajadaśri I (c. 170–175 CE) was a ruler of the Western Kshatrapas dynasty. He was the son of Rudradaman I.[2]

His reign saw the decline of dynasty after his dominions were conquered by the Satavahanas and saw the rise of the Abhiras in the south and Malavas in the north. He is also known as Damaysada, Damazada or Damaghsada. Jha and Rajgor considers Damajadasri and Damazada different persons.[2] Tandon thinks they are one and the same, and his name should be read Dāmazāda.[3]

Coin types of Damajadasri I.
  1. ^ Rapson, Edward James (1967). Catalogue Of The Indian Coins In The British Museum. pp. 80–81.
  2. ^ a b Tandon, Pankaj (2009). "The Western Kshatrapa Dāmazāda". The Numismatic Chronicle. 169: 173–187. JSTOR 42678610.
  3. ^ TANDON, PANKAJ (2009). "The Western Kshatrapa Dāmazāda". The Numismatic Chronicle. 169: 173–187. ISSN 0078-2696.