Vasudeva II

Vasudeva II
Kushan emperor
Coin Vasudeva II, Guimet Museum, MA24360.
Reignc.275–300 CE
PredecessorKanishka III
SuccessorShaka
DynastyKushan
ReligionHinduism

Vasudeva II (Middle Brahmi script: Vā-su-de-va) was a Kushan emperor who ruled c.275–300 CE. He was probably the successor of Kanishka III and may have been succeeded by an emperor named Shaka Kushan.

Vasudeva II probably only was a local ruler in the area of Taxila, in western Punjab, under the suzerainty of the Gupta Empire.

Vasudeva II was a contemporary of Hormizd I Kushanshah of the Kushano-Sasanians, as he is known to have overstruck a large quantity of the early copper coins of Hormizd I issued south of the Hindu-Kush.