Vasudeva II
Emperor of Kushan Empire

Vasudeva II

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Vasudeva II (Middle Brahmi script: Gupta allahabad vaa.jpgGupta allahabad su.jpgGupta ashoka de.svgGupta ashoka v.svg 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 probably only was a local ruler in the area of Taxila, in western Punjab, under the suzerainty of the Gupta Empire.

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.

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