Vasudeva II (Middle Brahmi script: 10px13px10px10px Bā-zo-de-o Sanskritzied to "Vasudeva") was a Kushan emperor who ruled . 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.

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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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 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: 14px18px Vā-su.

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References

Sources

  • See: Vasudeva II coin
  • Coins of late Kushan emperors
  • Online catalogue of coins of Vasudeva II