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[[File:Silver coin of Bhartrdaman.jpg|thumb|300px|Coin of the Western Kshatrapa ruler Bhartrdaman (278 to 295).<br>
| name        = Bhartrdaman
| title        = [[Western Satrap]] king
| image        = Silver coin of Bhartrdaman.jpg
| image_size  = 300px
| caption      = Coin of the Western Kshatrapa ruler Bhartrdaman (278 to 295).<br>
'''Obv:''' Bust of Bhartrdaman, with corrupted Greek legend ([[Indo-Greek]] style), (Saka) date 200 (= 278 CE).<br>
'''Obv:''' Bust of Bhartrdaman, with corrupted Greek legend ([[Indo-Greek]] style), (Saka) date 200 (= 278 CE).<br>
'''Rev:''' Three-arched hill or [[Chaitya]], with river, crescent and sun, within legend in [[Brāhmī script|Brahmi]].]]
'''Rev:''' Three-arched hill or [[Chaitya]], with river, crescent and sun, within legend in [[Brāhmī script|Brahmi]].
| reign        = 278-295 CE
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| predecessor  = [[Visvasimha]]
| successor    = [[Visvasena]]
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| father      = [[Rudrasena II (Western Satrap)|Rudrasena II]]
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'''Bhartrdaman''' was a [[Saka]] ruler of the [[Western Kshatrapas]] in northwestern [[India]] from around 278 to 295.<ref>Amiteshwar Jha and Dilip Rajgor: ''Studies in the Coinage of the Western Ksatrapas'', Nashik: Indian Institute of Research in Numismatic Studies, 1992.</ref><ref>Senior, Robert C. ''Indo-Scythian Coins and History'', Lancaster: Classical Numismatic Group, 2001.</ref> For the first four years, his coins name him only as ''kshatrapa'', after which time his coins name him ''mahakshatrapa''. He was the second of two sons of [[Rudrasena II (Western Satrap)|Rudrasena II]] who came to the throne, after his brother [[Visvasimha]], and was among the last rulers of the Kardamaka dynasty.
'''Bhartrdaman''' was a [[Saka]] ruler of the [[Western Kshatrapas]] in northwestern [[India]] from around 278 to 295.<ref>Amiteshwar Jha and Dilip Rajgor: ''Studies in the Coinage of the Western Ksatrapas'', Nashik: Indian Institute of Research in Numismatic Studies, 1992.</ref><ref>Senior, Robert C. ''Indo-Scythian Coins and History'', Lancaster: Classical Numismatic Group, 2001.</ref> For the first four years, his coins name him only as ''kshatrapa'', after which time his coins name him ''mahakshatrapa''. He was the second of two sons of [[Rudrasena II (Western Satrap)|Rudrasena II]] who came to the throne, after his brother [[Visvasimha]], and was among the last rulers of the Kardamaka dynasty.


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   | title = [[Western Satrap]]
   | title = [[Western Satrap]]
   | years = 282–295
   | years = 282–295
   | before = [[Visvasimha]]  
   | before = [[Visvasimha]]
   | after = [[Visvasena]]
   | after = [[Visvasena]]
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Bhartrdaman
Western Satrap king
Coin of the Western Kshatrapa ruler Bhartrdaman (278 to 295).

Obv: Bust of Bhartrdaman, with corrupted Greek legend (Indo-Greek style), (Saka) date 200 (= 278 CE).

Rev: Three-arched hill or Chaitya, with river, crescent and sun, within legend in Brahmi.
Reign278-295 CE
PredecessorVisvasimha
SuccessorVisvasena
FatherRudrasena II

Bhartrdaman was a Saka ruler of the Western Kshatrapas in northwestern India from around 278 to 295.[1][2] For the first four years, his coins name him only as kshatrapa, after which time his coins name him mahakshatrapa. He was the second of two sons of Rudrasena II who came to the throne, after his brother Visvasimha, and was among the last rulers of the Kardamaka dynasty.

References[edit | edit source]

  1. Amiteshwar Jha and Dilip Rajgor: Studies in the Coinage of the Western Ksatrapas, Nashik: Indian Institute of Research in Numismatic Studies, 1992.
  2. Senior, Robert C. Indo-Scythian Coins and History, Lancaster: Classical Numismatic Group, 2001.

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Preceded by
Visvasimha
Western Satrap
282–295
Succeeded by
Visvasena