Rudrasena I (Saka king)
| Rudrasena I | |
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| Western Satrap king | |
 Rudrasena I, Saka year 136 (214 CE). | |
| Reign | 200–222 CE |
| Predecessor | Jivadaman |
| Successor | Samghadaman |
| Father | Rudrasimha I |
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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.
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".
Coin of Rudrasena I (200–222). Brahmi date: 131 Saka era. 16mm, 2.2 grams.
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| Preceded by Jivadaman |
Western Satrap 200–222 |
Succeeded by Samghadaman |
Western Satraps (1st c. CE - 395 CE) | |||
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