Viśvasena (Middle
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' ...
:
![Visvasena in Brahmi](https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/a/a9/Visvasena_in_Brahmi.jpg)
', r.293–304 CE) 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 ...
, and the 22nd ruler of the Kshatrapa dynasty. He was the last Kshatrapa ruler of the
Chastana
Chashtana (Greek: (epigraphic), ; Brahmi: ; Kharosthi: , ) was a ruler of the Saka Western Satraps in northwestern India during 78-130 CE, when he was the satrap of Ujjain.
Name
Chashtana's name is attested in the Greek forms () and () ...
family, brother and successor to
Bhartrdaman and son of
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 ...
.
A coin of Visvasena was found in excavations at the
Ajanta Caves, in the burnt-brick monastery facing the caves on the right bank of the river
Waghora.
His successor was
Rudrasimha II.
File:Ajanta Visvasena.jpg, A coin of Visvasena, found in excavations at Ajanta Caves.
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