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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 ...
Kushan king or prince, said to be Huvishka (150–180 CE), Gandhara art. [18] ... Kushan-era image of Shashthi between Skanda and Vishakha, c. 2nd century CE.
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.
English: This gold coin represents the reign of the Kushana ruler, Vasudeva I. The coin bears a portrait of the ruler on the obverse and various deities on the reverse. It is identified by inscriptions in Kharosthi, the language used in northwestern India during the Kushan period.
Gold coin of king Havishka, Cleveland Museum of Art Gold coin of king Vasudeva I, Cleveland Museum of Art Gold coin of Kushan King Vasudeva II, Cleveland Museum of Art Silver tetradrachm of the first known self-declared "Kushan" ("Kossano" on his coins), Heraios (ruled c. 1–30) Late Kushan ruler Shaka I (325–345).
"The king of the Da Yuezhi, Bodiao (波調) (Vāsudeva), sent his envoy to present tribute and His Majesty granted him a title of "King of the Da Yuezhi Intimate with Wei (魏)"." ( Sanguozhi ) He is the last Kushan ruler to be mentioned in Chinese sources. [ 4 ]
Original file (2,928 × 3,722 pixels, file size: 2.38 MB, MIME type: image/jpeg) ... Shiva-Oesho wall painting, Kushan, 3rd century CE. Items portrayed in this file
The body of the casket represents a Kushan monarch, probably Kanishka in person, with the Iranian Sun god and Moon god at his side. On the sides are two images of a seated Buddha, worshiped a royal figures, possibly a bodhisattava. A garland, supported by cherubs goes around the scene in typical Hellenistic style.