page_title: Visvasena
hierarchical_section_title: Visvasena
caption_attribution_description: English: Visvasena coin legend in Brahmi
context_page_description: Viśvasena was a ruler of the Western Satraps, and the 22nd ruler of the Kshatrapa dynasty. He was the last Kshatrapa ruler of the Chastana family, brother and successor to Bhartrdaman and son of Rudrasena II.
  A coin of Visvasena was found in excavations at the Ajanta Caves, in the burnt-brick monastery facing the caves on the right bank of the river Waghora.
  His successor was Rudrasimha II.
context_section_description: Viśvasena (Middle Brahmi:  Vi-shva-se-na, r.293–304 CE) was a ruler of the Western Satraps, and the 22nd ruler of the Kshatrapa dynasty. He was the last Kshatrapa ruler of the Chastana family, brother and successor to Bhartrdaman and son of Rudrasena II.
  A coin of Visvasena was found in excavations at the Ajanta Caves, in the burnt-brick monastery facing the caves on the right bank of the river Waghora.
  His successor was Rudrasimha II.
caption: Visvasena coin, and its legend in Brahmi, with a strike date (216) found on the obverse of some coins. The legend reads:
  Rājño Mahākshatrapasa Bhartṛidāmnaḥ putrasa Rājñaḥ Kshatrapasa Viçvasenasa
  "Of the Rajah and Satrap Visnasena, brother of the Rajah and Great Satrap Bhartrdaman".[1]
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