Template:Short description Template:Use dmy dates Template:Infobox royalty Template:Kushan rulers Vasudeva II (Middle Brahmi script: File:Gupta allahabad vaa.jpgFile:Gupta allahabad su.jpgFile:Gupta ashoka de.svgFile:Gupta ashoka v.svg Vā-su-de-va) was a Kushan emperor who ruled Template:Circa. 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>Template:Cite journal</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.Template:Sfn
- Dinar of Vasudeva II LACMA M.77.56.16 (2 of 2).jpg
Dinar of Vasudeva II.
- Vasudeva II enthroned. Circa CE 290-310.jpg
A bronze coin of Vasudeva II enthroned. Circa CE 290-310
- 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.jpgFile:Gupta allahabad su.jpg Vā-su.
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