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    Mathura Hashtnagar Mamane Dheri Vāsudeva I (Kushano Bactrian: Βαζοδηο Bazodeo; Middle Brahmi script: Vā-su-de-va, Chinese: 波調 Bodiao; fl. 200 CE) was a...
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    of his birth), is the father of the Hindu deities Krishna (Vāsudeva, i.e. "son of Vasudeva"), Balarama, and Subhadra. He was a king of the Vrishnis, and...
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    Vāsudeva (Sanskrit: वासुदेव, IAST: Vāsudeva), later incorporated as Vāsudeva-Krishna (Vāsudeva-Kṛṣṇa, "Krishna, son of Vasudeva"), Krishna-Vāsudeva or...
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    Shaivite sect of Hinduism. Two later Kushan kings, Vima Kadphises and Vasudeva II, were also patrons of Hinduism. The Kushans in general were also great...
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    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...
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  • son of Vasudeva Any of the following Kushana kings Vasudeva I, c.191 to c.232 Vasudeva II, c. 275 to 300 Vasudeva III Vasudeva IV Vasudeva Kanva, 1st-century...
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    the best evidence available to be in 150 CE) until the succession of Vasudeva I about thirty years later. His rule was a period of consolidation for the...
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    of Huvishka. Various dedications in the name of Kushan kings, such as Vasudeva I, with dates, appear on fragments of Jain statuary discovered in Mathura...
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    the emperors of the Kushan Empire from around 225–245 CE. He succeeded Vasudeva I who is considered to be the last great Kushan emperor. While he upheld...
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    Namo Bhagavate Vāsudevāya (Sanskrit: ॐ नमो भगवते वासुदेवाय, lit. 'I bow to God Vāsudeva'; listen) is one of the most popular mantras in Hinduism, and according...
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  • Buddha statue of Vasudeva I (220 CE) The Buddha statue of Vasudeva I is a fragment of a statue of the Buddha, belonging to the art of Mathura, and bearing...
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    Kanishka I 127–151 CE Huvishka 151–190 CE Vasudeva I 190–230 CE Kanishka II 230–247 CE Vāsishka 247–267 CE Kanishka III 267–270 CE Vasudeva II 270–300...
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    inscription, he was the great grandfather of the great Kushan king Kanishka I. He is considered the founder of the Kushan Empire. The origins of Kujula...
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    of Huvishka and Vasudeva I. Several of Vāsishka's coins have been found together with those of the Kushano-Sasanian ruler Ardashir I Kushanshah, suggesting...
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    Kanishka I 127–151 CE Huvishka 151–190 CE Vasudeva I 190–230 CE Kanishka II 230–247 CE Vāsishka 247–267 CE Kanishka III 267–270 CE Vasudeva II 270–300...
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    respectively, which has been connected to the "Bazdeo" on the Kushan coinage of Vasudeva I, the transition between "M" and "B" being a current one in Classical sources...
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    recorded that in 229 AD, "The king of the Da Yuezhi [Kushanas], Bodiao 波調 (Vasudeva I), sent his envoy to present tribute, and His Majesty (Emperor Cao Rui)...
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  • appeared before Vasudeva and Devaki in his divine original four-armed form before being born as Krishna. After worshipping Vishnu, Vasudeva and Devaki asked...
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    Shaka (Kushan) (redirect from Shaka I)
    succeeded Vasudeva II. There is a group of Kushan gold coins that all carry the Brahmi legend Shaka in the right field, in the same place where Vasudeva II's...
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    Etnoragraficheskoe Obozrenie, 2008, n° 1, pp. 71–82. ISSN 0869-5415. (in Russian). Klein, I.; Gessner, U.; Kuenzer (2012). "Regional land cover mapping and change detection...
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    Gold coin of king Vasudeva I, Cleveland Museum of Art...
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    Gupta period. The earliest evidence comes from a Mathura inscription of Vasudeva I, composed by a Kayastha Śramaṇa. From this point we find, the term kayastha...
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    Kanishka (redirect from Kaniska I)
    Kanishka I (Sanskrit: कनिष्क, Kaniṣka; Greco-Bactrian:Κανηϸκε Kaniške; Kharosthi: 𐨐𐨞𐨁𐨮𐨿𐨐 Ka-ṇi-ṣka; Brahmi: Kā-ṇi-ṣka), Kanishka or Kanishka the...
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    270 CE. He is believed to have succeeded Vasishka and was succeeded by Vasudeva II. He ruled in areas of Northwestern India. In an inscription dated to...
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    conqueror of the Satavahanas. Vasudeva I (r. c. 191 – c. 232) – Kushan king Jayavarman III (r. c. 835 – c. 877) Mahendravarman I (r. 600–630) – Pallava King...
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    Ardashir I Kushanshah, circa 230-250 CE. Merv mint. Ardashir I Kushanshah in the name of Kushan ruler Vasudeva I, circa 230-245 CE. Hormizd I Kushanshah...
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    Azes I (Greek: Ἄζης Azēs, epigraphically ΑΖΟΥ Azou; Kharosthi: 𐨀𐨩 A-ya, Aya) was an Indo-Scythian ruler who ruled around c. 48/47 BCE – 25 BCE with...
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  • The tamgha replaced the nandipada symbol which had been in use since Vasudeva I, suggesting that the Kidarites had now taken control, first under their...
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    — Ptolemy Geographia, Book Seven, Chapter I Chashtana was the grandfather of the great Western Satrap conqueror Rudradaman I. Chashtana was founder of one of the...
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    the death of the last great Kushan king, Vasudeva I. Around 260 CE, the armies of the Sasanid Emperor Shapur I launched an attack against Peshawar, and...
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