The Kushan Empire (c. 30–c. 375 AD) was a syncretic empire formed by the Yuezhi in the Bactrian territories in the early 1st century. It spread to encompass...

Kushan or Kushana may refer to: Kushan Empire, an Indian empire Kushan art, the art of the Kushan Empire Kushan coinage, the coinage of the Kushan Empire...

In the coinage of the North Indian and Central Asian Kushan Empire (approximately 30–375 CE), the main coins issued were gold, weighing 7.9 grams, and...

Kushan art Kushan art, the art of the Kushan Empire in northern India, flourished between the 1st and the 4th century CE. It blended the traditions of...

one of the last rulers of the Kushan Empire around 325-345. He may have succeeded Vasudeva II. There is a group of Kushan gold coins that all carry the...

Pushyamitra, after taking the throne of Magadha from the Mauryas. The Shunga empire's capital was Pataliputra, but later emperors such as Bhagabhadra also held...

attained its height from the 1st century to the 5th century CE under the Kushan Empire which had their capital at Puruṣapura, ushering the period known as...

to suggestions that Gupta and Ghatotkacha were vassals (possibly of Kushan Empire). However, there are several instances of paramount sovereigns using...

The Magadhan Empire was an ancient Indian empire that succeeded the Magadha Mahajanapada. It was established by Bimbisara in 544 BC. It was ruled by the...

the Great Wall to prevent the Xiongnu from returning. The Kushan Empire was a syncretic empire, formed by the Yuezhi who originally hailed from the modern-day...

cities of the ancient Gāndhāra. Peshawar served as the capital of the Kushan Empire during the rule of Kanishka and was home to the Kanishka Stupa, which...

the Kushan rulers, the empire reached its greatest geographic and cultural breadth to become a center of literature and art. Kanishka extended Kushan control...

maritime trade, promoting literacy, art, and the use of coinage. Kushan Empire The Kushan Empire expanded out of what is now Afghanistan into the northwest...

The Maurya Empire was a geographically extensive Iron Age historical power in South Asia based in Magadha. Founded by Chandragupta Maurya in 322 BCE, it...

(~200 BCE - ~55 BCE), the Indo-Scythians (~80 BCE - ~30 CE), and the Kushan Empire (~ 30 CE - ~375 CE), who destroyed the existing city, in the first century...

Shapur I continued the expansion of the empire, conquering Bactria and the western portion of the Kushan Empire, while leading several campaigns against...

flourish under the Greco-Bactrian Kingdom, Indo-Greek Kingdoms, and Kushan Empire. Mahayana Buddhism was spread from the Gangetic plains in India into...

The Nanda dynasty ruled the Magadhan Empire, an ancient Indian empire during the fourth century BCE and possibly also during the fifth. The Nandas overthrew...

(depending on the age of the Issyk inscription) and 700 CE, including the Kushan Empire, associated with the nomads of the Eurasian Steppe in ancient Bactria...

in a chariot, for sailing out to eventually reach Malabar Coast. The Kushan Empire expanded out of what is now Afghanistan into the northwest of the subcontinent...

tribes, which is supported by their resistance to invading empires such as the Kushan Empire and the Indo-Scythians. Rudradaman I of the Western Satraps...

scholars with the Yuezhi of Chinese historical accounts, who founded the Kushan Empire. Müller's identification became a minority position among scholars when...

created a Kushan Empire around 30 AD. For another 400 years, until 410 AD, the Kushan Empire was a major power in the region along with the Roman Empire, the...

Dayuan (Ta-yuan; Chinese: 大宛; literarily "Great Ionians"). The later Kushan empire would adopt the Greek alphabet (Bactrian language), Greco-Buddhist art...

the Kushan Empire to the southern capital city of Mathura. Huvishka was the son of Kanishka. His reign is also known as the golden age of Kushan rule...

sculpture. During the third century, Nagas ruled Mathura after decline of Kushan Empire. In the reign of Chandragupta Vikramaditya, a magnificent temple of...

attained its height from the 1st century to the 5th century CE under the Kushan Empire, who had their capital at Peshawar (Puruṣapura). Some Hazara residents...

The Chola Empire, which is often referred to as the Imperial Cholas, was a medieval thalassocratic empire based in southern India that was ruled by the...

the period between 50 BC and 75 AD.[citation needed] The Kusana or Kushan Empire ruled large parts of north India from about 60 to 270 AD, as well as...

Parthia was a war that may have taken place between Kanishka I of the Kushan Empire and the Parthians. The king of Parthia is said to have attacked Kanishka...