Rudrasimha I

Rudrasimha I
Western Satrap
Coin of the Western Kshatrapa ruler Rudrasimha I (178 to 197).

Obv: Bust of Rudrasimha, with corrupted Greek legend "..OHIIOIH.." (Indo-Greek style).

Rev: Three-arched hill or Chaitya, with river, crescent and sun, within Prakrit legend in Brahmi script (from 10 o'clock):
Rajno Mahaksatrapasa Rudradamnaputrasa Rajna Mahaksatrapasa Rudrasihasa
"King and Great Satrap Rudrasimha, son of King and Great Satrap Rudradaman".
Reign178-197 CE
PredecessorJivadaman
SuccessorSatyadaman
IssueRudrasena I

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 Abhiras became increasingly important. Some of them were even serving as generals. Ashvini Agrawal thinks that the Abhira king Isvardatta was a general in the service of Rudrasimha I who deposed his master in 188 A.D and ascended the throne. Ashvini Agrawal further says that Rudrasimha I soon deposed him and regained the throne in 190 A.D.

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