Rudrasena I (Saka king)

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Rudrasena I
Western Satrap king
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Rudrasena I, Saka year 136 (214 CE). [1]
Reign200–222 CE
Predecessor Jivadaman, Satyadaman
Successor Prthivisena, Samghadaman
Father Rudrasimha I
Gadha (Jasdan) inscription of Rudrasena, Saka Year 127 (204-205 CE). Gadha (Jasdan) inscription of Rudrasena Saka Year 127.jpg
Gadha (Jasdan) inscription of Rudrasena, Saka Year 127 (204-205 CE).

Rudrasena I (r.200–222) was a Saka ruler of the Western Satrap dynasty in the area of Malwa in ancient India. During his reign, the Saka ksatrapas remained strong after a period of instability during the reign of Rudrasimha I. [2]

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Biography

He is mainly known from his coins. Several have a date in Brahmi numerals on the reverse (such as 142 Saka Era = 220 CE). The reverse shows a three-arched hill or Chaitya, with a river, a crescent moon and the sun, within a legend in Brahmi "Rajno Mahaksatrapasa Rudrasihaputrasa Rajno Mahaksatrapasa Rudrasenasa", "The great satrap Rudrasena, son of the great satrap Rudrasiha".

Reign

Rudrasena succeeded his cousin Jivadaman, who had no sons, as a ruler of the Western Satraps. [3]

Coin of Rudrasena I (200-222). Brahmi date: 131 Saka era. 16mm, 2.2 grams. Obverse: portrait of the ruler, with pseudo-Greek legend around (..UIOIIULIEO..) and date (, 131) to left in Brahmi. Reverse: Chaitya hill, with Brahmi legend around (starting at 1 o'clock):

Rudrasena I (Brahmi coin legend)
"King and Satrap Rudrasena, son of King and Great Satrap Rudrasimha". Coin of Rudrasena.jpg
Coin of Rudrasena I (200–222). Brahmi date: 131 Saka era. 16mm, 2.2 grams. Obverse: portrait of the ruler, with pseudo-Greek legend around (..ΥΙΟΙΙΥΛΙΗΟ..) and date ( Hundred and thirty one, in Brahmi numerals of the Western Satraps.jpg , 131) to left in Brahmi. Reverse: Chaitya hill, with Brahmi legend around (starting at 1 o'clock):
Rudrasena I (Brahmi coin legend) Rudrasena I (Brahmi coin legend).jpg
Rudrasena I (Brahmi coin legend)
"King and Satrap Rudrasena, son of King and Great Satrap Rudrasimha".

His sister Prabhudama was perhaps married to a ruler of Vaishali. [2] After his death, the Malavas under their king Soma re-asserted their independence from the Saka satraps. [2]

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Preceded by Western Satrap
200–222
Succeeded by