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Gold coin of Kanishka I with a representation of the Buddha (c. 120 AD). Obv: Kanishka standing.., clad in heavy Kushan coat and long boots, flames emanating from shoulders, holding standard in his left hand, and making a sacrifice over an altar. Kushan-language legend in Greek script (with the addition of the Kushan Ϸ "sh" letter ...
The connection of Vima Kadphises with other Kushan rulers is described in the Rabatak inscription, which Kanishka wrote. Kanishka makes the list of the kings who ruled up to his time: Kujula Kadphises as his great-grandfather, Vima Taktu as his grandfather, Vima Kadphises as his father, and himself Kanishka:
The Kushan Empire (c. 30 –c. 375 AD) [a] was a syncretic empire formed by the Yuezhi in the Bactrian territories in the early 1st century. It spread to encompass much of what is now Tajikistan, Uzbekistan, Afghanistan, Pakistan, Eastern Iran and Northern India, [16] [17] [18] at least as far as Saketa and Sarnath, near Varanasi, where inscriptions have been found dating to the era of the ...
It seems probable that he was the contemporary and spiritual adviser of Kanishka in the first century of our era. [4] He was the most famous in a group of Buddhist court writers, whose epics rivaled the contemporary Ramayana . [ 5 ]
A previously more common view was that the beginning of the Shaka era corresponds to the ascension of Kanishka I in 78 CE. [3] However, the latest research by Henry Falk indicated that Kanishka ascended the throne in 127 CE. [7] Moreover, Kanishka was not a Shaka, but a Kushana ruler. [8]
The "Bala Bodhisattva" with shaft and chatra umbrella, dedicated in "the year 3 of Kanishka" (circa 130 CE) by "brother (Bhikshu) Bala". The right arm would have been raised in a salutation gesture. Sarnath Museum. From the time of Vima Kadphises or Kanishka I the Kushans established one of their capitals at Mathura in northern India.
Kanishka Singh and Steve Holland. January 28, 2024 at 10:42 AM. By Kanishka Singh and Steve Holland. WASHINGTON (Reuters) -The White House said on Sunday there was no change in its Israel policy ...
The Rabatak Inscription is a stone inscribed with text written in the Bactrian language and Greek script, found in 1993 at Rabatak, near Surkh Kotal in Afghanistan.The inscription relates to the rule of the Kushan emperor Kanishka, and gives remarkable clues on the genealogy of the Kushan dynasty.