about 40 years later. His rule was a period of retrenchment and consolidation for the Empire. In particular he devoted time and effort early in his reign to the exertion of greater control over the city of Mathura.
Tarananada Misra has recently published and extensive study of the earlier cultural relations between Nepal and the Kushana empire. Drawing on epigraphical, numismatic, taxinomic and archeological evidence, he makes a powerful case for a strong relationship between Kushan Indian and Nepal. (Misra, 20...
The Kushan Empire (circa 30 - 375 AD) was a syncretic, multinational empire founded in 30 AD by the Yuezhi prince Kujula Kadphises. Over time, the Kushan Empire would expand to control much of Central Asia, northern India, and northwestern China, and most importantly, key cities and ...
Although the Gupta period is generally considered to be the Golden Age, there was a remarkable epoch before it, which had its own measure of glory. This was when the Kushans held sway with their empire straddling Central Asia, Afghanistan and North India. The origins of the great Kushans c...