Obv: Vasudeva in tall helmet, holding a scepter, and making an offering over an altar. Legend in Kushan language and Greek script (with the Kushan letter Ϸ "sh"): ϷΑΟΝΑΝΟϷΑΟ ΒΑΖΟΔΗΟ ΚΟϷΑΝΟ ("Shaonanoshao Bazodeo Koshano"): "King of kings, Vasudeva the Kushan".
Rev: ΟΗϷΟ (oesho), Hindu god Shiva, holding a trisula scepter, with the bull Nandi. Monogram (tamgha) to the left.[1][2]
Reign
191–232 CE
Coronation
191 CE
Predecessor
Huvishka
Successor
Kanishka II
Born
139 AD Kabul
Died
232 AD (91 years) Ludhiana
Burial
232 AD
Leh
Spouse
unknown
Issue
Kanishka III Vashishka
Names
Vasudeva I
Dynasty
Kushan
Father
Kanishka
Mother
unknown
Religion
Hinduism
Mathura
Hashtnagar
Mamane Dheri
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Location of the inscriptions mentioning Vasudeva I as ruler.
Kushan emperors 30 CE–350 CE
Heraios
1–30 CE
Kujula Kadphises
50–90 CE
Vima Takto
90–113 CE
Vima Kadphises
113–127 CE
Kanishka I
127–151 CE
Huvishka
151–190 CE
Vasudeva I
190–230 CE
Kanishka II
230–247 CE
Vāsishka
247–267 CE
Kanishka III
267–270 CE
Vasudeva II
270–300 CE
Mahi
300–305 CE
Shaka
305–335 CE
Kipunada
335–350 CE
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Vāsudeva I (Kushano Bactrian: Βαζοδηο Bazodeo; Middle Brahmi script: Vā-su-de-va, Chinese: 波調 Bodiao; fl. 200 CE) was a Kushan emperor, last of the "Great Kushans."[3] Named inscriptions dating from year 64 to 98 of Kanishka's era suggest his reign extended from at least 191 to 232 CE. He ruled in Northern India and Central Asia, where he minted coins in the city of Balkh (Bactria). He probably had to deal with the rise of the Sasanians and the first incursions of the Kushano-Sasanians in the northwest of his territory.[3]
The last named inscription of his predecessor, Huvishka, was in the year 60 of the Kanishka era (187 CE), and the Chinese evidence suggests he was still ruling as late as 229 CE.
His name "Vāsudeva", is that of the popular Hindu God Vāsudeva, which is refer to Krishna, and he was the first Kushan king to be named after the Indian God. He converted to Hinduism during his reign.[1][4] His name reinforces the notion that his center of power was in Mathura.[3]
^ abCoins of India Calcutta : Association Press ; New York : Oxford University Press, 1922
^Pal, Pratapaditya. Indian Sculpture: Circa 500 B.C.-A.D. 700. University of California Press. p. 29. ISBN 978-0-520-05991-7.
^ abcCite error: The named reference KR202 was invoked but never defined (see the help page).
^Kumar, Raj (1900). Early history of Jammu region. Gyan Publishing House. p. 477. ISBN 9788178357706.
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Vā-su-de-va, Chinese: 波調 Bodiao; fl. 200 CE) was a Kushan emperor, last of the "Great Kushans."[3] Named inscriptions dating from year 64 to 98 of Kanishka's era suggest his reign extended from at least 191 to 232 CE. He ruled in Northern India and Central Asia, where he minted coins in the city of Balkh (Bactria). He probably had to deal with the rise of the Sasanians and the first incursions of the Kushano-Sasanians in the northwest of his territory.[3]