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Damajadasri III
Damajadasri III
	Damajadasri III as portrayed in his coin. His name appears at the top of the reverse
Predecessor	Vijayasena
Successor	Rudrasena II
Issue	Bhartrdaman
House	Karadamka
Father	Damasena

Damajadasri III (Brahmi )^[1] was a ruler of the Western Satraps. His reign lasted possibly^[2] from c. 251 AD to 256 AD.^[3]^[4]

Biography edit

Damajadasri was one of the four sons of Damasena. Damajadasri was the youngest of his siblings. He succeeded his elder brother Vijayasena as a ruler.^[3]

He most likely held the title of mahaksatrapa. There is no evidence that he would have held the office of ksatrapa.^[5]

Large amounts of coins struck in name of Damajadasri have been found.^[5]

Damajadasri was succeeded as Western Satrap by his nephew Rudrasena II who was a son of Viradaman.^[2]

References edit

^ Tandon, Pankaj. "How to read the legends on coins of the Western Kshatrapas: A Beginner's Guide": 2. {{cite journal}}: Cite journal requires |journal= (help)
^ ^a ^b Ramesh Chandra Majumdar; Bharatiya Vidya Bhavan (1951). The History and Culture of the Indian People: The age of imperial unity; 2d ed. 1953. Bharatiya Vidya Bhavan. p. 189.
^ ^a ^b Sailendra Nath Sen (1999). Ancient Indian History and Civilization. New Age International. p. 190. ISBN 978-81-224-1198-0.
^ R. Vanaja (1983). Indian Coinage. National Museum. p. 73.
^ ^a ^b E.J. Rapson (December 1989). Catalogue of the Coins of the Andhra Dynasty, the Western Ksatrapas, the Traikutaka Dynasty and the "Bodhi" Dynasty. Asian Educational Services. p. 138. ISBN 978-81-206-0522-0.