Shaka may have been the name of the Kushan emperor who succeeded Vasudeva II. There is a group of Kushan gold coins that all carry the Brahmi legend Shaka in the right field in the same place where Vasudeva II’s coins read Vasu so it is natural to suppose that perhaps Shaka was the name of the king who issued these coins.
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