Rudrasimha I

Rudrasimha I
Western Satrap
Coin of the Western Kshatrapa ruler Rudrasimha I (178 to 197).

Obv: Bust of Rudrasimha, with corrupted Greek legend "..OHIIOIH.." (Indo-Greek style).

Rev: Three-arched hill or Chaitya, with river, crescent and sun, within Prakrit legend in Brahmi script (from 10 o'clock):
Rudrasimha I, Brahmi legend on coinage
Rudrasimha I, Brahmi legend on coinage
Rajno Mahaksatrapasa Rudradamnaputrasa Rajna Mahaksatrapasa Rudrasihasa
"King and Great Satrap Rudrasimha, son of King and Great Satrap Rudradaman".[1]
Reign178-197 CE
PredecessorJivadaman
SuccessorSatyadaman
IssueRudrasena I
Gunda inscription of Rudrasimha, Saka year 103.
Coin of Rudrasimha I, dated 114 Saka Era (192 CE).[2]

Rudrasimha I was a Western Kshatrapa ruler, who reigned from 178 to 197 CE. He was son of Rudradaman I, grandson of Jayadaman, and grand-grandson of Chashtana.[3] During his reign, the Abhiras became increasingly important. Some of them were even serving as generals.[4] Ashvini Agrawal thinks that the Abhira king Isvardatta was a general in the service of Rudrasimha I who deposed his master in 188 A.D and ascended the throne. Ashvini Agrawal further says that Rudrasimha I soon deposed him and regained the throne in 190 A.D.[4]

  1. ^ Rapson p.92 [1]
  2. ^ Rapson p.92 [2]
  3. ^ Cite error: The named reference Vogel was invoked but never defined (see the help page).
  4. ^ a b Ashvini Agrawal (1989). Rise and Fall of the Imperial Guptas (Hardcover). Motilal Banarsidass. p. 58. ISBN 9788120805927.