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	[[File:Vasudeva III Circa 360-365 AD.jpg\|thumb\|upright=1.7\|Coinage of Vasudeva III, c. 360-365 CE. King standing facing, head left, holding trident and banner, altar before; symbols around / Goddess [[Ardoksho]] seated facing.]]		[[File:Vasudeva III Circa 360-365 AD.jpg\|thumb\|upright=1.7\|Coinage of Vasudeva III, c. 360-365 CE. King standing facing, head left, holding trident and banner, altar before; symbols around / Goddess [[Ardoksho]] seated facing.]]
	'''Vasudeva III''' was possibly the son of [[Vasudeva II]] and a ruler of the [[Kushan Empire]] c. 360-365 CE.		'''Vasudeva III''' was possibly the son of [[Vasudeva II]] and a ruler of the [[Kushan Empire]] c. 360-365 CE.
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[[File:Vasudeva III Circa 360-365 AD.jpg|thumb|upright=1.7|Coinage of Vasudeva III, c. 360-365 CE. King standing facing, head left, holding trident and banner, altar before; symbols around / Goddess [[Ardoksho]] seated facing.]]
'''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.<ref name="Prakash1971">{{cite book|author=Buddha Prakash|title=Evolution of heroic tradition in ancient Panjab|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=ZqU5AQAAIAAJ|year=1971|publisher=Punjabi University|page=53}}</ref>

==Disputed existence==
Existence of Vasudeva III has been disputed,<ref name="Mukherjee1978">{{cite book|author=Bratindra Nath Mukherjee|title=Kushāṇa coins of the Land of the Five Rivers|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=PVhmAAAAMAAJ|year=1978|publisher=Indian Museum|page=53}}</ref> as has been the existence of his supposed father Vasudeva II.<ref name="MitterwallnerGrowse1986">{{cite book|author1=Gritli von Mitterwallner|author2=Frederic Salmon Growse|title=Kuṣāṇa Coins and Kuṣāṇa Sculptures from Mathurā|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=uufVAAAAMAAJ|year=1986|publisher=Department of Cultural Affairs, Government of U.P., Lucknow|page=38}}</ref> No [[Epigraphy|epigraphic]] evidence supports his existence.<ref name="Rosenfield1967">{{cite book|author=John M. Rosenfield|title=The Dynastic Arts of the Kushans|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=udnBkQhzHH4C&pg=PA112|year=1967|publisher=University of California Press|page=112|id=GGKEY:0379L32LPNJ}}</ref>

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.<ref name="Shrava1985">{{cite book|author=Satya Shrava|title=The Kushāṇa Numismatics|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=_1EaAAAAYAAJ|year=1985|publisher=Praṇava Prakāshan|page=223}}</ref>

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== References ==
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