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| title = '''Dharma-Mahārāja'''
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| reign = c. 355 - 400 CE
| predecessor = [[Sarvasena]]
| successor = [[Pravarasena II of Vatsagulma|Pravarasena II]]
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| house = [[Vakataka]]
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{{Vakataka Infobox}}
'''Vindhyasena''' ({{reign|{{circa|355}}|400 CE}}<ref>{{cite book |last1=Shastri |first1=Ajay Mitra |title=Vakatakas: Sources and History |date=1997 |publisher=Aryan Books International |isbn=9788173051234 |page=212}}</ref>), also known as '''Vindhyashakti II''',<ref>{{cite book |author1=A.S. Altekar |editor1-last=Yazdani |editor1-first=Ghulam |title=The Early History of the Deccan |date=1960 |publisher=Oxford University Press |page=186}}</ref> was a ruler of the Vatsagulma branch of the [[Vakataka dynasty]]. He was the son and successor of [[Sarvasena I]].

Vindhyasena seems to have enjoyed quite a long reign, as he issued a charter from his capital of Vatsagulma in his thirty-seventh regnal year.<ref>{{cite book |author1=D.C. Sircar |editor1-last=Majumdar |editor1-first=R.C. |title=The Classical Age |date=1997 |publisher=Bharatiya Vidya Bhavan |page=185 |edition=Fifth}}</ref> The charter records the grant of a village in the Nandikata region which is identified with [[Nanded]]. An inscription at [[Ajanta Caves|Ajanta]] from the time of [[Harishena]], a later Vakataka monarch, records Vindhyasena's victory against the rulers of the [[Kuntala country|Kuntala]] in northern [[Karnataka]], likely the [[Kadambas]].<ref name="singh">{{cite book|last1=Singh|first1=Upinder|authorlink1=Upinder Singh|title=A history of ancient and early medieval India : from the Stone Age to the 12th century|date=2009|publisher=Pearson Longman|location=New Delhi|isbn=978-81-317-1677-9|page=484|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=Pq2iCwAAQBAJ|accessdate=10 August 2016}}</ref> Vindhyasena ruled over a fairly extensive kingdom that included the southern part of Berar ([[Vidarbha]]) and the districts of [[Nasik district|Nasik]], [[Ahmednagar district|Ahmednagar]], [[Pune district|Pune]], and [[Satara district|Satara]],<ref name = "altekar">{{cite book |author1=A.S. Altekar |editor1-last=Majumdar |editor1-first=R.C. |editor2-last=Altekar |editor2-first=A.S. |title=The Vakataka-Gupta Age |date=2007 |publisher=Motilal Banarsi Dass |isbn=9788120800434 |page=111}}</ref> as well as the [[Marathwada]] region.<ref name = "singh" />

Vindhyasena's contemporary to the north was his cousin [[Prithivishena I]] of the main Vakataka branch. The relationship between the two branches of the dynasty appears to have been quite cordial at this time, with the main branch probably enjoying a nominal overlordship over the Vatsagulma branch.<ref>Altekar (2007), pp. 100, 111</ref> Prithivishena likely provided material aid to Vindhyasena as the latter carried out the conquest of the Kuntala country.<ref>Altekar (1960), p. 172</ref> Upon his death, Vindhyasena was succeeded by his son [[Pravarasena II of Vatsagulma|Pravarasena II]].<ref name = "altekar" />

==References==
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[[Category:Vakataka dynasty]]
[[Category:4th-century Indian monarchs]]

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