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[[File:Western Satrap Damajadasri III.jpg|thumb|Damajadasri III as portrayed in his coin.]]<br />
'''Damajadasri III''' was a ruler of the [[Western Satraps]]. His reign lasted possibly<ref name="MajumdarBhavan1951">{{cite book|author1=Ramesh Chandra Majumdar|author2=Bharatiya Vidya Bhavan|title=The History and Culture of the Indian People: The age of imperial unity; 2d ed. 1953|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=-3dDAAAAYAAJ|year=1951|publisher=Bharatiya Vidya Bhavan|page=189}}</ref> from c. 251 AD to 256 AD.<ref name="Sen1999"/><ref name="Vanaja1983">{{cite book|author=R. Vanaja|title=Indian Coinage|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=DVdmAAAAMAAJ|year=1983|publisher=National Museum|page=73}}</ref><br />
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==Biography==<br />
Damajadasri was one of the four sons of [[Davasena]]. Damajadasri was the youngest of his siblings. He succeeded his elder brother [[Vijayasena]] as a ruler.<ref name="Sen1999">{{cite book|author=Sailendra Nath Sen|title=Ancient Indian History and Civilization|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=Wk4_ICH_g1EC&pg=PA190|year=1999|publisher=New Age International|isbn=978-81-224-1198-0|page=190}}</ref><br />
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He most likely held the title of ''mahaksatrapa''. There is no evidence that he would have held the office of ''ksatrapa''.<ref name="Rapson1989"/><br />
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Large amounts of coins struck in name of Damajadasri have been found.<ref name="Rapson1989">{{cite book|author=E.J. Rapson|title=Catalogue of the Coins of the Andhra Dynasty, the Western Ksatrapas, the Traikutaka Dynasty and the "Bodhi" Dynasty|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=hGAHmIW04noC&pg=PR138|date=December 1989|publisher=Asian Educational Services|isbn=978-81-206-0522-0|page=138}}</ref><br />
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Damajadasri was succeeded as Western Satrap by his nephew [[Rudrasena II (Western Satrap)|Rudrasena II]] who was a son of [[Viradaman]].<ref name="MajumdarBhavan1951"/><br />
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==References==<br />
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==Further reading==<br />
*{{cite book|author=K. Kallidaikurichi Aiyah Nilakanta Sastri|title=A Comprehensive History of India|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=E3tDAAAAYAAJ|year=1970|publisher=Orient Longmans|page=289}}<br />
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==External links==<br />
*[http://coinindia.com/galleries-damajadasri3.html Coins of Dāmajādasri III]. Coin India – The Virtual Museum of Indian Coins<br />
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| after = [[Rudrasena II (Western Satrap)|Rudrasena II]]<br />
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