Coins of Western Kshatrapas
Bhadramukhas or Kardamaka dynasty
Western Kshatrapas - Family of Chastana : Rudradaman I
ca 130 - 150 AD
Bhadramukhas or Kardamaka dynasty
Western Kshatrapas - Family of Chastana : Rudradaman I
ca 130 - 150 AD
| Ruler | Rudradaman I |
| Period | ca.130-150 AD |
| Size | 16 mm |
| Weight | 2.1 Gms |
| Unit | Drachm, Silver |
| Obverse | Bust of Rudradaman, with corrupted Greek legend "OVONIΛOOCVΛCHΛNO". |
| Reverse | Three-arched hill or Chaitya with river, crescent and sun. Brahmi legend: "Rajno Ksatrapasa Jayadamasaputrasa Rajno Mahaksatrapasa Rudradamasa": "King and Great Satrap Rudradaman, son of King and Satrap Jayadaman" 16mm, 2.0 grams. |
| Description | The Western Kshatrapas, or Western Satraps, (35-405 CE) were Saka rulers of the western and central part of India (Saurashtra and Malwa: modern Gujarat, Maharashtra, Rajasthan and Madhya Pradesh states). They were contemporaneous with the Kushans who ruled the northern part of the Indian subcontinent, and the Satavahana (Andhra) who ruled in Central India. |
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