Vasudeva II

Vasudeva II
Kushan emperor
Coin Vasudeva II, Guimet Museum, MA24360.
Reignc. 275–300 CE
PredecessorKanishka III
SuccessorShaka
DynastyKushan
ReligionHinduism

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]

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