The Kushan Empire (c. First–Third Centuries) reached its cultural zenith circa 105 – 250 C.E., extended from Tajikistan to Afghanistan, Pakistan and into the Ganges River valley in northern India. The Kushan tribe of the Yuezhi confederation, believed to be Indo-European people from the ea...
240-280 CE, there are contradictory theories regarding the original homeland of the Guptas. Historians believe Sri Gupta and his son may have been Kushan vassals, or rulers who swore allegiance to the Kushan Empire. Sri Gupta’s son and successor, Ghatotkacha, ruled from c. 280-319 CE, ...
The first known civilizations in the area were Sogdiana,Bactria, and Khwarezm. The Sogdian Empire was conquered by Alexander the Great in 327 BCE, who combined his prize with the previously-captured kingdom of Bactria. This large swath of present-day Uzbekistan was then overrun byScythianand Yue...
the Kushan Empire controlled the city, followed by the Kangyuts in the 3rd and 4th centuries. Subsequently, Kesh came under the dominion of the Chionites, Kidarites in the 6th century, and then the Eftalites. Until the 8th century, the city experienced influence ...
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The east-west trade routes between Greece and China began to open during the first and second centuries B.C.The Roman Empireand the Kushan Empire (which ruled territory in what is now northern India) also benefitted from the commerce created by the route along the Silk Road. ...
Understudies of history acknowledge Sri Gupta and his youngster could have been Kushan vassals or rulers who swore unwavering ness to the Kushan Empire. Sri Gupta’s kid and substitution, Ghatotkacha, oversaw from c. 280-319 CE, while his kid, Chandragupta, rose to the elevated situation ...
TheGandhararegion had long been a crossroads of cultural influences. During the reign of the Indian emperorAshoka(3rd centurybce), the region became the scene of intensive Buddhist missionary activity. And in the 1st centuryce, rulers of the Kushan empire, which included Gandhara, maintained contac...