# Vasudeva III

Vasudeva III was possibly the son of Vasudeva II and a ruler of the Kushan Empire c. 360-365 CE.

## Reign

By the reign of Vasudeva III, the Kushan Empire had declined into insignificance. In the west the Sasanian Empire was a threat, and in the east local native people had regained their independence.

## Disputed existence

Existence of Vasudeva III has been disputed, as has been the existence of his supposed father Vasudeva II. No epigraphic evidence supports his existence.
It has also been proposed, from numismatic evidence, that there may have been another Kushan ruler with the same name and regnal number as Vasudeva III.
vteKushan Empire Emperors, territories and chronology :
Territories/ datesWestern IndiaWestern Pakistan BalochistanParopamisadae Arachosia BajaurGandharaWestern PunjabEastern PunjabMathuraPataliputra
INDO-SCYTHIAN KINGDOM
INDO-GREEK KINGDOM
INDO-SCYTHIAN Northern Satraps
25 BCE – 10 CE
Indo-Scythian dynasty of the APRACHARAJAS Vijayamitra (ruled 12 BCE – 15 CE)
Liaka Kusulaka Patika Kusulaka Zeionises
Kharahostes (ruled 10 BCE– 10 CE) Mujatria
Strato II and Strato III
Hagana
10-20CE
INDO-PARTHIAN KINGDOM Gondophares
Indravasu
INDO-PARTHIAN KINGDOM Gondophares
Rajuvula
20–30 CE
Ubouzanes Pakores
Vispavarma (ruled c. 0–20 CE)
Sarpedones
Bhadayasa
Sodasa
30-40 CE
KUSHAN EMPIRE Kujula Kadphises (c. 50–90)
Indravarma
Abdagases
40–45 CE
Aspavarma
Gadana
45–50 CE
Sasan
Sases
50–75 CE
75–100 CE
Indo-Scythian dynasty of the WESTERN SATRAPS Chastana
Vima Takto (c. 90–113)
100–120 CE
Abhiraka
Vima Kadphises (c. 113–127)
120 CE
Bhumaka Nahapana
PARATARAJAS Yolamira
Kanishka I (c. 127–151)
Great Satrap Kharapallana and Satrap Vanaspara for Kanishka I
130–230 CE
Jayadaman
Rudradaman I
Damajadasri I
Jivadaman
Rudrasimha I
Isvaradatta
Rudrasimha I
Jivadaman
Rudrasena I
Bagamira
Arjuna
Hvaramira
Mirahvara
Huvishka (c. 151 – c. 190)
Vasudeva I (c. 190 – 230)
230–250 CE
Samghadaman
Damasena
Damajadasri II
Viradaman
Yasodaman I
Vijayasena
Damajadasri III
Rudrasena II
Visvasimha
Miratakhma
Kozana
Bhimarjuna
Koziya
Datarvharna
Datarvharna
KUSHANO-SASANIANS
Ardashir I (c. 230 – 250)
Ardashir II (?-245)
Kanishka II (c. 230 – 247)
250–280
Peroz I, "Kushanshah" (c. 250 – 265)
Hormizd I, "Kushanshah" (c. 265 – 295)
Vāsishka (c. 247 – 267)
Kanishka III (c. 267 – 270)
280–300
Bhratadarman
Datayola II
Hormizd II, "Kushanshah" (c. 295 – 300)
Vasudeva II (c. 267 – 300)
GUPTA EMPIRE
Chandragupta I
Samudragupta
Chandragupta II
300–320 CE
Visvasena
Rudrasimha II Jivadaman
Peroz II, "Kushanshah" (c. 300 – 325)
Mahi (c. 300–305)
Shaka (c. 305 – 335)
320–388 CE
Yasodaman II
Rudradaman II
Rudrasena III
Simhasena
Rudrasena IV
Varahran I (325–350)
Shapur II Sassanid king and "Kushanshah" (c. 350)
Kipunada (c. 335 – 350)
388–396 CE
Rudrasimha III
KIDARITES invasion
↑ From the dated inscription on the Rukhana reliquary
↑ Richard Salomon (July–September 1996). "An Inscribed Silver Buddhist Reliquary of the Time of King Kharaosta and Prince Indravarman". Journal of the American Oriental Society. 116 (3): 418–452 [442]. JSTOR 605147.
↑ Richard Salomon (1995) [Published online: 9 Aug 2010]. "A Kharosthī Reliquary Inscription of the Time of the Apraca Prince Visnuvarma". South Asian Studies. 11 (1): 27–32. doi:10.1080/02666030.1995.9628492.
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