Editing Vasudeva II

{{Short description|Kushan emperor from c. 275 to 300}}
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| name            =Vasudeva II
| title           =[[Kushan Empire|Kushan]] emperor
| image           =File:Coin Vasudeva II Guimet MA24360 (cropped).jpg
| caption         =Coin Vasudeva II, [[Guimet Museum]], MA24360.<!--The name of the ruler appears vertically next to his left arm in [[Gupta script]]: [[File:Gupta allahabad vaa.jpg|14px]][[File:Gupta allahabad su.jpg|18px]] ''Vā-su''.-->
| reign           ={{circa|275–300&nbsp;CE}}
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| predecessor     = [[Kanishka III]]
| successor       = [[Shaka (Kushan)|Shaka]]
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| dynasty         = [[Kushan Empire|Kushan]]
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| religion        = [[Hinduism]]
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{{Kushan rulers}}
'''Vasudeva II''' (Middle [[Brahmi script]]: [[File:Gupta allahabad vaa.jpg|10px]][[File:Gupta allahabad su.jpg|13px]][[File:Gupta ashoka de.svg|10px]][[File:Gupta_ashoka_v.svg|10px]] ''Vā-su-de-va'') was a [[Kushan Empire|Kushan]] emperor who ruled {{circa|275–300&nbsp;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]].<ref>{{cite journal |last1=Rezakhani |first1=Khodadad |title=From the Kushans to the Western Turks |journal=King of the Seven Climes |date=2017 |page=203 |url=https://www.academia.edu/32671225 |language=en}}</ref>

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]].{{sfn|Cribb|2018|p=21}}

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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]]: [[File:Gupta allahabad vaa.jpg|14px]][[File:Gupta allahabad su.jpg|18px]] ''Vā-su''.
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==References==
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==Sources==
* {{cite book |last1=Cribb |first1=Joe |title=Problems of Chronology in Gandhāran Art: Proceedings of the First International Workshop of the Gandhāra Connections Project, University of Oxford, 23rd-24th March, 2017 |date=2018 |publisher=University of Oxford The Classical Art Research Centre Archaeopress |url=https://archive.org/details/ProblemsOfChronologyInGandharanArt/page/n27}}

==External links==
* See: [http://www.grifterrec.com/coins/kushan/i_kush_3568_o.jpg Vasudeva II coin]
* [https://web.archive.org/web/20040803193854/http://www.grifterrec.com/coins/kushan/kushan6.html Coins of late Kushan emperors]
* [http://coinindia.com/galleries-vasudeva2.html Online catalogue of coins of Vasudeva II]

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  | title = [[Kushan Empire|Kushan Ruler]]
  | years = {{Circa|275}}–300 AD
  | before = [[Kanishka III]]
  | after = [[Shaka Kushan]]
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