History of Gujarát: Gazetteer of the Bombay Presidency, Volume I, Part I.Campbell, James M.
History
History of Gujarát: Gazetteer of the Bombay Presidency, Volume I, Part I.
Campbell, James M.
Gujarat (India) -- History
[Kshatrapa XIV. Yasadáman, A.D. 239.] Yasadáman's coins are
rare. Pandit Bhagvánlál's collection contained seven. [140] The
bust on the obverse is a good imitation of the bust on his father's
coins. Still it is of inferior workmanship, and starts the practice
which later Kshatrapas continued of copying their predecessor's
image. On only two of the seven specimens are the dates clear, 160
and 161. The legend on the coin dated 160 is:
Rájño Mahákshatrapasa Dámasenasa putrasa Rájñah
Kshatrapasa Yasadámnah.
Of the king the great Kshatrapa Yasadáman son of the king the great
Kshatrapa Dámasena.
On the coin dated 161 the legend runs:
Rájño Mahákshatrapasa Dámasenasa putrasa Rájño Mahákshatrapasa
Yasadámnah.
Of the king the great Kshatrapa Yasadáman son of the king the great
Kshatrapa Dámasena.
[Kshatrapa XV. Vijayasena, A.D. 238-249.] Vijayasena's coins are
common. As many as 167 were in the Pandit's collection. Almost all
are of good workmanship, well preserved, and clearly lettered. On
fifty-four of them the following dates can be clearly read, 160,
161, 162, 163, 164, 165, 166, 167, 168, 170, and 171. This would
give Vijayasena a reign of at least eleven years from 160 to 171
(A.D. 238-249). The legend reads:
Rájño Mahákshatrapasa Dámasenaputrasa Rájño Mahákshatrapasa
Vijayasenasa.
Of the king the great Kshatrapa Vijayasena son of the king the great
Kshatrapa Dámasena.
In two good specimens of Vijayasena's coins with traces of the date
166 he is styled Kshatrapa. This the Pandit could not explain. [141]
[Kshatrapa XVI. Dámájadasrí, A.D. 250-255.] Vijayasena was succeeded
by his brother Dámájadasrí III. called Mahákshatrapa on his coins. His
coins which are comparatively uncommon are inferior in workmanship
to the coins of Vijayasena. Of seven in the Pandit's collection three
are dated 174, 175, and 176.
After Dámájadasrí come coins of Rudrasena II. son of Víradáman, the
earliest of them bearing date 178. As the latest coins of Vijayasena
are dated 171, 173 may be taken as the year of Dámájadasrí's
succession. The end of his reign falls between 176 and 178, its
probable length is about five years. The legend on his coins reads:
Rájño Mahákshatrapasa Dámasenaputrasa Rájño Mahákshatrapasa
Dádmájadasriyah.
Of the king the great Kshatrapa Dámájadasrí son of the king the great
Kshatrapa Dámasena.
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