Kushan Empire

Kushan Empire

कुषाण राजवंश
*Kuṣāṇ Rājavaṃśa*
Kushan Empire; कुषाण राजवंश; Kuṣāṇ Rājavaṃśa
30–375
	Kushan territories (full line) and maximum extent of Kushan dominions under Kanishka (dotted line), according to the Rabatak inscription.
Capital	Peshawar ; Begram ; Taxila ; Mathura
Common languages	Pali Prakrit ; Bactrian ; Sanskrit ; Greek
Religion	Hinduism ; Buddhism ; Zoroastrianism; Greco-Buddhism ; Ancient Greek religion
Government	Monarchy
Emperor
• c. 60-c. 80	Kujula Kadphises
• 350–375	Kipunada
Historical era	Classical Antiquity
• Kujula Kadphises unites Yuezhi tribes into a confederation.	30
• Subjugated by the Gupta Empire.	375
Currency	Kushan Drachm
Preceded by	Succeeded by
	Maurya Empire
	Indo-Scythians
Gupta Empire
Sassanid Empire
Today part of	Afghanistan; India ; Iran; Pakistan ; Tajikistan; Uzbekistan

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The Kushan Empire (Sanskrit: कुषाण राजवंश (Kuṣāṇ Rājavaṃśa), BHS: Guṣāṇa-vaṃśa, Parthian: Kušanxšaθr^[2]) was first formed in the early 1st century AD. It was in eastern and northern Afghanistan and the north-west of India.^[3]

The Kushan were a branch of the Yuezhi confederation.^[4]^[5] Previously a nomadic people living in eastern Central Asia, the Yuezhi moved southwest and settled in ancient Bactria.^[5]

Notes

↑ "The Rabatak inscription claims that in the year 1 Kanishka I's authority was proclaimed in India, in all the satrapies and in different cities like Koonadeano (Kundina), Ozeno (Ujjain), Kozambo (Kausambi), Zagedo (Saketa), Palabotro (Pataliputra) and Ziri-Tambo (Janjgir-Champa). These cities lay to the east and south of Mathura, up to which locality Wima had already carried his victorious arm. Therefore they must have been captured or subdued by Kanishka I himself." "Ancient Indian Inscriptions", S. R. Goyal, p. 93. See also the analysis of Sims-Williams and J.Cribb, who had a central role in the decipherment: "A new Bactrian inscription of Kanishka the Great", in "Silk Road Art and Archaeology" No4, 1995–1996. Also Mukherjee B.N. "The Great Kushanan Testament", Indian Museum Bulletin.
↑ The Dynasty Arts of the Kushans, University of California Press, 1967, p. 5
↑ Hill (2009), pp. 29, 318–350
↑ Runion, Meredith L. (2007). The history of Afghanistan. Westport: Greenwood Press. p. 46. ISBN 9780313337987. The Yuezhi people conquered Bactria in the second century B.C.E. and divided the country into five chiefdoms, one of which would become the Kushan Empire. Recognizing the importance of unification, these five tribes combined under the one dominate Kushan tribe, and the primary rulers descended from the Yuezhi.
↑ ^5.0 ^5.1 Liu, Xinrui (2001). Adas, Michael (ed.). Agricultural and pastoral societies in ancient and classical history. Philadelphia: Temple University Press. p. 156. ISBN 9781566398329.

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[1] "The Rabatak inscription claims that in the year 1 Kanishka I's authority was proclaimed in India, in all the satrapies and in different cities like Koonadeano (Kundina), Ozeno (Ujjain), Kozambo (Kausambi), Zagedo (Saketa), Palabotro (Pataliputra) and Ziri-Tambo (Janjgir-Champa). These cities lay to the east and south of Mathura, up to which locality Wima had already carried his victorious arm. Therefore they must have been captured or subdued by Kanishka I himself." "Ancient Indian Inscriptions", S. R. Goyal, p. 93. See also the analysis of Sims-Williams and J.Cribb, who had a central role in the decipherment: "A new Bactrian inscription of Kanishka the Great", in "Silk Road Art and Archaeology" No4, 1995–1996. Also Mukherjee B.N. "The Great Kushanan Testament", Indian Museum Bulletin.

[2] The Dynasty Arts of the Kushans, University of California Press, 1967, p. 5

[3] Hill (2009), pp. 29, 318–350

[4] Runion, Meredith L. (2007). The history of Afghanistan. Westport: Greenwood Press. p. 46. ISBN 9780313337987. The Yuezhi people conquered Bactria in the second century B.C.E. and divided the country into five chiefdoms, one of which would become the Kushan Empire. Recognizing the importance of unification, these five tribes combined under the one dominate Kushan tribe, and the primary rulers descended from the Yuezhi.

[liu156-5] 5.0 ^5.1 Liu, Xinrui (2001). Adas, Michael (ed.). Agricultural and pastoral societies in ancient and classical history. Philadelphia: Temple University Press. p. 156. ISBN 9781566398329.

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