:Vasudeva III

By the reign of Vasudeva III, the Kushan Empire had declined into insignificance. In the west the Sasanian Empire was a threat, and in the east local native people had regained their independence.{{cite book|author=Buddha Prakash|title=Evolution of heroic tradition in ancient Panjab|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=ZqU5AQAAIAAJ|year=1971|publisher=Punjabi University|page=53}}

Existence of Vasudeva III has been disputed,{{cite book|author=Bratindra Nath Mukherjee|title=Kushāṇa coins of the Land of the Five Rivers|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=PVhmAAAAMAAJ|year=1978|publisher=Indian Museum|page=53}} as has been the existence of his supposed father Vasudeva II.{{cite book|author1=Gritli von Mitterwallner|author2=Frederic Salmon Growse|title=Kuṣāṇa Coins and Kuṣāṇa Sculptures from Mathurā|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=uufVAAAAMAAJ|year=1986|publisher=Department of Cultural Affairs, Government of U.P., Lucknow|page=38}} No epigraphic evidence supports his existence.{{cite book|author=John M. Rosenfield|title=The Dynastic Arts of the Kushans|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=udnBkQhzHH4C&pg=PA112|year=1967|publisher=University of California Press|page=112|id=GGKEY:0379L32LPNJ}}

It has also been proposed, from numismatic evidence, that there may have been another Kushan ruler with the same name and regnal number as Vasudeva III.{{cite book|author=Satya Shrava|title=The Kushāṇa Numismatics|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=_1EaAAAAYAAJ|year=1985|publisher=Praṇava Prakāshan|page=223}}

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Category:Kushan monarchs

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