Kanishka
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Kanishka I, also known as Kanishka the Great, was an emperor of the Kushan dynasty, under whose reign the empire reached its zenith. He is famous for his military, political, and spiritual achievement
Gold coin of Kanishka. Greco-Bactrian legend: ϷΑΟΝΑΝΟϷΑΟ ΚΑΝΗϷΚΙ ΚΟϷΑΝΟ Shaonanoshao Kanishki Koshano "King of Kings, Kanishka the Kushan". British Museum.
The Kanishka statue in the Mathura Museum.Founded from Mant, Mathura. There is a dedicatory inscription along the bottom of the coat.
Kushan territories (full line) and maximum extent of Kushan dominions under Kanishka (dotted line). The conquests in India are according to the Rabatak inscription, the northern expansion into the Tarim Basin is mainly suggested by coin finds and Chinese chronicles.
Probable statue of Kanishka, Surkh Kotal, 2nd century CE. Kabul Museum.
Kushan Empire
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The Kushan Empire was a syncretic empire formed by the Yuezhi in the early 1st century CE. Initially based in the Bactrian territories, it spread to encompass much of what is now Afghanistan, India, P
Kanishka
…Kanishka I, also known as Kanishka the Great, was an emperor of the Kushan dynasty, under whose reign (c. 127–150 CE) the empire reached its zenith. He is famous for his military, political, and spiritual achievements. A descendant…
Yuezhi nobleman and priest over a fire altar. Noin-Ula.
The ethnonym "KOϷϷANO" (Koshshano, "Kushan") in Greek alphabet (with the addition of the letter Ϸ, "Sh") on a coin of the first known Kushan ruler Heraios (1st century AD).
Head of a Yuezhi prince (Khalchayan palace, Uzbekistan)
The first king to call himself "Kushan" on his coinage: Heraios (AD 1–30)