Indo-Sakas in Western India, silver drachm of Rudrasena I (199-222 AD) as Kshatr

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Bust of Rudrasena, with corrupted Greek legend (Indo-Greek style), date in Brahmi numerals behind (131 SE = 209 AD) / Three-arched hill or Chaitya, with river, crescent and sun, within legend in Brahmi Rajno Mahaksatrapasa Rudrasihaputrasa Rajno ksatrapasa Rudrasenasa. 16mm, 2.07 grams. Senior ISCH -; "Studies in the Coinage of Western Kshatrapas" # date is unlisted in either Jha/Rajgor or in 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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