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Adding short description: "Indian Western Kshatrapa ruler from c.178 to c.197" (Shortdesc helper)

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{{Short description|Indian Western Kshatrapa ruler from c.178 to c.197}}
[[File:Western Satrap Coin of Rudrasimha I .jpg|thumb|300px|Coin of the Western Kshatrapa ruler Rudrasimha I (178 to 197).<br>
'''Obv:''' Bust of Rudrasimha, with corrupted Greek legend "..OHIIOIH.." ([[Indo-Greek]] style).<br>
'''Rev:''' Three-arched hill or [[Chaitya]], with river, crescent and sun, within [[Prakrit]] legend in [[Brāhmī script|Brahmi]] script:''Rajno Mahaksatrapasa Rudradamnaputrasa Rajna Mahaksatrapasa Rudrasihasa'' "King and Great Satrap Rudrasimha, son of King and Great Satrap [[Rudradaman I|Rudradaman]]".]]
[[file:Gunda inscription of Rudrasimha Saka year 103.jpg|thumb|300px|Gunda inscription of Rudrasimha, Saka year 103.]]
[[File:Rudrasimha I date 114 Saka Era.jpg|thumb|Coin of Rudrasimha I, dated 114 [[Saka Era]] (192 CE).<ref>Rapson p.92 [https://archive.org/stream/catalogueofcoins00brit#page/92/mode/2up]</ref>]]
'''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]].<ref name=Vogel/>

From the reigns of [[Jivadaman]] and Rudrasimha I, the date of minting of each coin, reckoned in the [[Saka era]], is usually written on the obverse behind the king's head in [[Brahmi numerals]], allowing for a quite precise datation of the rule of each king.<ref>Rapson CCVIII</ref><ref>[https://books.google.com/books?id=_3O7q7cU7k0C&pg=PA174 ''Malwa through the ages, from the earliest times to 1305 A.D.'' by Kailash Chand Jain p.174]</ref> This is a rather uncommon case in Indian numismatics. Some, such as the numismat R.C Senior considered that these dates might correspond to the much earlier [[Azes era]] instead.

Rudrasimha I is also known for an inscription in [[Sanskrit]] at [[Gondal, India|Gunda]], north [[Kathiawar]], mentioning "the digging of a well for the welfare of society by [[Senapati]] Bapaka's son, Rudrabhuti [[Abhira]]", and dated to Saka era 103 (181 CE).<ref name=RS>{{cite book |last1=Salomon |first1=Richard |title=Indian Epigraphy: A Guide to the Study of Inscriptions in Sanskrit, Prakrit, and the Other Indo-Aryan Languages |date=1998 |publisher=Oxford University Press, USA |isbn=9780195099843 |pages=90 |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=t-4RDAAAQBAJ&pg=PA90 |language=en}}</ref><ref>{{cite book |last1=Mishra |first1=Susan Verma |last2=Ray |first2=Himanshu Prabha |title=The Archaeology of Sacred Spaces: The temple in western India, 2nd century BCE–8th century CE |date=2016 |publisher=Routledge |isbn=9781317193746 |page=39 |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=CtDLDAAAQBAJ&pg=PA39 |language=en}}</ref><ref>{{cite book |last1=Damsteegt |first1=Th |title=Epigraphical Hybrid Sanskrit: Its Rise, Spread, Characteristics and Relationship to Buddhist Hybrid Sanskrit |date=1978 |publisher=BRILL |isbn=978-9004057258 |page=201 |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=L9QUAAAAIAAJ&pg=PA201 |language=en}}</ref><ref name=Vogel>{{cite book |last1=Vogel |first1=Jean Ph |title=India antiqua |date=1947 |publisher=Brill Archive |page=299 |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=GckUAAAAIAAJ&pg=PA299 |language=en}}</ref> The inscription also gives a detailed genealogy of the kings up to Rudrasimha:<ref>{{cite book |last1=Thomas |first1=F. w |title=Epigraphia Indica Vol.16 |date=1921 |page=233 |url=https://archive.org/stream/in.ernet.dli.2015.56664/2015.56664.Epigraphia-Indica-Vol16#page/n273}}</ref>

{{quote|
"Hail ! On the [auspicious] fifth [[tithi]] of the bright fortnight of [[Vaisakha]] during the auspicious period of the constellation of [[Rohini (nakshatra)|Rohini]], in the year one hundred and three — 100 3 — (during the reign) of the king, the [[Kshatrapa]] Lord Rudrasiha (Rudrasimha), the son of the king, the Maha-Kshatrapa Lord [[Rudradaman I|Rudradaman]] (and) son’s son of the king, the Kshatrapa Lord [[Jayadaman]], (and) grandson’s son of the king, the Maha-Kshatrapa Lord [[Chashtana]], the well was caused to be dug and embanked by the general ([[senapati]]) Rudrabuthi, the son
of the general (senapati) Bapaka, the [[Abhira]], at the village (grama) of Rasopadra, for the welfare and comfort of all living beings."
|Epigraphia Indica XVI, [https://archive.org/stream/in.ernet.dli.2015.56664/2015.56664.Epigraphia-Indica-Vol16#page/n273 p.233]}}

==Notes==
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==References==
* Rapson, "A Catalogue of Indian coins in the British Museum. Andhras etc..."
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