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Rudrasena I () was a
Saka
The Saka ( Old Persian: ; Kharoṣṭhī: ; Ancient Egyptian: , ; , old , mod. , ), Shaka (Sanskrit ( Brāhmī): , , ; Sanskrit (Devanāgarī): , ), or Sacae (Ancient Greek: ; Latin: ) were a group of nomadic Iranian peoples who hist ...
ruler of the
Western Satrap
The Western Satraps, or Western Kshatrapas (Brahmi:, ''Mahakṣatrapa'', "Great Satraps") were Indo-Scythian (Saka) rulers of the western and central part of India (Saurashtra (region), Saurashtra and Malwa: modern Gujarat, Maharashtra, Rajastha ...
dynasty in the area of
Malwa
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in ancient
India
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. During his reign, the
Saka ''ksatrapas'' remained strong after a period of instability during the reign of
Rudrasimha I
300px, Gunda inscription of Rudrasimha, Saka year 103.
Rudrasimha I was a Western Kshatrapa ruler, who reigned from 178 to 197 CE. He was son of Rudradaman I, grandson of Jayadaman, and grand-grandson of Chashtana. During his reign, the Abhira ...
.
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
Jivadaman was a Saka ruler of the Western Kshatrapas in northwestern India from during the 2nd century CE. He was the son of Damajadasri I (170–175), and the brother of Satyadaman.
Biography
The exact dating of Jivadaman's reign has been deb ...
, who had no sons, as a ruler of the Western Satraps.
His sister Prabhudama was perhaps married to a ruler of
Vaishali.
After his death, the
Malavas
The Malavas (Brahmi script: 𑀫𑁆𑀫𑀸𑀭𑀯 ''Mmālava'') or Malwas were an ancient Indian tribe. Modern scholars identify them with the Mallian people (Malloi) who were settled in the Punjab region at the time of Alexander the Great, A ...
under their king
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re-asserted their independence from the
Saka satraps.
References
External links
Western Satrap coins
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Western Satraps
3rd-century Indian monarchs
People from Ujjain