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{{Infobox royalty
| name = Bhartrdaman
| title = [[Western Satrap]] king
| image = Silver coin of Bhartrdaman.jpg
| image_size = 300px
| caption = Coin of the Western Kshatrapa ruler Bhartrdaman (278 to 295).<br>
'''Obv:''' Bust of Bhartrdaman, with corrupted Greek legend ([[Indo-Greek]] style), (Saka) date 200 (= 278 CE).<br>
'''Rev:''' Three-arched hill or [[Chaitya]], with river, crescent and sun, within legend in [[Brāhmī script|Brahmi]].
| reign = 278-295 CE
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| predecessor = [[Visvasimha]]
| successor = [[Visvasena]]
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| father = [[Rudrasena II (Western Satrap)|Rudrasena II]]
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'''Bhartrdaman''' was a [[Saka]] ruler of the [[Western Kshatrapas]] in northwestern [[India]] from around 278 to 295.<ref>Amiteshwar Jha and Dilip Rajgor: ''Studies in the Coinage of the Western Ksatrapas'', Nashik: Indian Institute of Research in Numismatic Studies, 1992.</ref><ref>Senior, Robert C. ''Indo-Scythian Coins and History'', Lancaster: Classical Numismatic Group, 2001.</ref> For the first four years, his coins name him only as ''kshatrapa'', after which time his coins name him ''mahakshatrapa''. He was the second of two sons of [[Rudrasena II (Western Satrap)|Rudrasena II]] who came to the throne, after his brother [[Visvasimha]], and was among the last rulers of the Kardamaka dynasty.

==References==
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==External links==
* [http://coinindia.com/galleries-bhartrdaman.html Coins of Bhartrdaman]

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| title = [[Western Satrap]]
| years = 282–295
| before = [[Visvasimha]]
| after = [[Visvasena]]
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CrystleBreinl34 at 06:42, 25 February 2026