Vasudeva II (Middle
Brahmi script
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''Vā-su-de-va'') was a
Kushan emperor who ruled . 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
The Gupta Empire was an Indian empire during the classical period of the Indian subcontinent which existed from the mid 3rd century to mid 6th century CE. At its zenith, the dynasty ruled over an empire that spanned much of the northern Indian ...
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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.
File:Dinar of Vasudeva II LACMA M.77.56.16 (2 of 2).jpg, Dinar of Vasudeva II.
File:Vasudeva II enthroned. Circa CE 290-310.jpg, A bronze coin of Vasudeva II enthroned. Circa CE 290-310
File:Coin of VasudevaII.jpg, Coin of Vasudeva II. The name of the ruler appears vertically next to his left arm in Gupta script: 
''Vā-su''.
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Vasudeva II coin
Kushan emperors
3rd-century Indian monarchs
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