Rudrasena I

Gadha (Jasdan) inscription of Rudrasena, Saka Year 127 (204-205 CE). Rudrasena I was a Saka ruler of the Western Satrap dynasty in the area of Malwa in ancient India. During his reign, the Saka ksatrapas remained strong after a period of instability during the reign of Rudrasimha I.

Biography He is mainly known from his coins. Several have a date in Brahmi numerals on the reverse (such as 142 Saka Era = 220 CE). The reverse shows a three-arched hill or Chaitya, with a river, a crescent moon and the sun, within a legend in Brahmi "Rajno Mahaksatrapasa Rudrasihaputrasa Rajno Mahaksatrapasa Rudrasenasa", "The great satrap Rudrasena, son of the great satrap Rudrasiha".

Reign Rudrasena succeeded his cousin Jivadaman, who had no sons, as a ruler of the Western Satraps. Coin of Rudrasena I (200–222). Brahmi date: 131 Saka era. 16mm, 2.2 grams. Obverse: portrait of the ruler, with pseudo-Greek legend around (..ΥΙΟΙΙΥΛΙΗΟ..) and date (30px Hundred and thirty one, in Brahmi numerals of the Western Satraps, 131) to left in Brahmi. Reverse: Chaitya hill, with Brahmi legend around (starting at 1 o'clock):center

His sister Prabhudama was perhaps married to a ruler of Vaishali. After his death, the Malavas under their king Soma re-asserted their independence from the Saka satraps.