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{{Infobox royalty|name=Bhanumati|image =Princess Bhanumati, wife of Kanishka III.jpg|title=Rani, Maharani|caption = Rani Bhanumati waiting for her husband Kanishka III |succession=Empress of the [[Kushan Empire|Kushan dynasty]]|dynasty=Kushan|spouse = [[Kanishka III]]|issue = [[Vasudeva II]]|father = Bhagyasena}}<br />
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'''Bhanumati''' or '''Bhanumata''' was the wife of Emperor [[Kanishka III]] and mother of his son, [[Vasudeva II]]. She is the first Empress to be known as the wife of [[Kanishka III]]. After her, her son, [[Vasudeva II]] also had a wife who became the Empress after Bhanumati. Her father was a king named Bhagyasena, who considered his daughter, Bhanumati's marriage with [[Kanishka III]]. Thus, Bhanumati was the princess of Bhagyadarbha Kingdom, a unnamed kingdom in sources. She is the grandmother of [[Vasudeva III]], who was very polite and a nice woman and generous. The name "Bhanumati" means a beautiful woman. She was 21 when she married Emperor [[Kanishka III]] and became a mother.{{efn|She is the wife of Kanishka III and mother of Vasudeva II}}<br />
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==Description==<br />
[[Kalidasa]] wrote a book called ''[[Kanishka-Bhanumati Vivaha]]'' (Marriage of [[Kanishka III]] and Bhanumati). In this book, Kalidasa mentions that Bhagyasena's daughter, Bhanumati, marries [[Kanishka III]].<br />
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{{Blockquote|The Marriage of Bhanumati and Kanishka is a fact of marriage between a emperor marries the princess and gets her hand in the marriage from her father}}<br />
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This quote is told in the story when Bhanumati was married to Emperor [[Kanishka III]]. [[Vasudeva II]] was born to them after the marriage.<br />
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===Stone Inscriptions===<br />
In a stone inscription, her image with [[Kanishka III]] is mentioned. Stories mention her son as [[Vasudeva II]]. She was a dowager empress and became the chief consort of [[Kanishka III]]. Her story is little described with Tirumala Devi, wife of [[Krishnadevaraya]]. Bhanumati, was one of the daughters of Bhagyasena, who ruled the Bhagyadarbha Kingdom which is not mentioned in [[History]]. She was married to a kushana king named [[Kanishka III]]. She is mentioned or described as the ancestor of [[Mahatadevi]], who is the wife of [[Devapala]].<br />
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===Issue===<br />
She had a son who was a successor of his father, [[Kanishka III]].<br />
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==Succession of her son==<br />
Her husband, Emperor [[Kanishka III]] was a predecessor of his own son, Vasudeva. He succeeded his father, before his death. The death of his mother, Bhanumati is not known but inscripted in [[Brahmi script]]. After [[Kanishka III]], Vasudeva II and after him, he was succeeded by his son, [[Vasudeva III]].<br />
The content is that she is little different from [[Bhanumati (wife of Duryodhana)|Bhanumati]], who is the second wife of [[Duryodhana]].<br />
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