Damajadasri III (

Brahmi Brahmi (; ; ISO: ''Brāhmī'') is a writing system of ancient South Asia. "Until the late nineteenth century, the script of the Aśokan (non-Kharosthi) inscriptions and its immediate derivatives was referred to by various names such as 'lath' ...

) was a ruler of the

Western Satraps The Western Satraps, or Western Kshatrapas (Brahmi:, ''Mahakṣatrapa'', "Great Satraps") were Indo-Scythian (Saka) rulers of the western and central part of India ( Saurashtra and Malwa: modern Gujarat, Maharashtra, Rajasthan and Madhya Pradesh ...

. His reign lasted possibly from c. 251 AD to 256 AD.

Biography

Damajadasri was one of the four sons of Damasena. Damajadasri was the youngest of his siblings. He succeeded his elder brother

Vijayasena Vijayasena (Brahmi 𑀯𑀺𑀚𑀬𑀲𑁂𑀦 reigned 238-250) was a Saka ruler of the Western Satraps in India India, officially the Republic of India (Hindi: ), is a country in South Asia. It is the seventh-largest country by area, th ...

as a ruler. He most likely held the title of ''mahaksatrapa''. There is no evidence that he would have held the office of ''ksatrapa''. Large amounts of coins struck in name of Damajadasri have been found. Damajadasri was succeeded as Western Satrap by his nephew

Rudrasena II Rudrasena II () was a ruler of the Pravarapura-Nandivardhana branch of the Vakataka dynasty. While his reign was short, he notably married Prabhavatigupta, the daughter of the Gupta emperor Chandragupta II. His early death led to Prabhavatigupt ...

who was a son of Viradaman.

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Coins of Dāmajādasri III
Coin India – The Virtual Museum of Indian Coins Western Satraps 3rd-century Indian monarchs {{India-royal-stub

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