Vasudeva II

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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.[1]

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

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