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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 ...
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In the Kushan period (1st - 3rd centuries AD), Delverzin Tepe grew and flourished under the Kushans. Galina Pugachenkova believes that Delverzin Tepe was the original capital of the Kushan Empire. [2] The original citadel was rebuilt and the walls were strengthened, making the fortifications twice as thick. [3]
Kanishka I, [a] also known as Kanishka the Great, [5] was an emperor of the Kushan dynasty, under whose reign (c. 127 –150 CE) the empire reached its zenith. [6] He is famous for his military, political, and spiritual achievements.
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 the Greco-Buddhist art of Gandhara , influenced by Hellenistic artistic canons, and the more Indian art of Mathura . [ 2 ]
During the 2nd century CE, Kanishka, one of the most powerful rulers of the Kushan Empire, embarked on a series of military campaigns to expand his empire's borders.By invading Central Asia, Kanishka sought to secure Kushan dominance over the Silk Road, bolster the empire's economy, and facilitate the spread of culture and religion, particularly Buddhism, into the region.
The Kushan Empire expanded into the Tarim during the 2nd century AD, bringing Buddhism, Kushan art, Sanskrit as a liturgical language and Prakrit as an administrative language (in the southern Tarim states). [87] With these Indic languages came scripts, including the Brahmi script (later adapted to write Tocharian) and the Kharosthi script. [88]