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Kushan

Kushan Empire
Κυϸανο (Bactrian)
कुषाण राजवंश (Sanskrit)
Βασιλεία Κοσσανῶν (Greek)
Nomadic empire
30–375
Kushan territories (full line) and maximum extent of Kushan dominions under Kanishka the Great (dotted line), according to the Rabatak inscription.
Capital Bagram (Kapiśi)
Peshawar (Puruṣapura)
Taxila (Takṣaśilā)
Mathura (Mathurā)
Languages Greek (official until ca. 127)
Bactrian(official from ca. 127)
Unofficial regional languages:
Gandhari, Sogdian, Chorasmian, , Saka dialects, Prakrit
Liturgical language:
Sanskrit
Religion Buddhism
Hinduism
Shamanism
Zoroastrianism
Manichaeism
various Bactrian-Indian religions
Government Monarchy
Emperor
 •  30–80 Kujula Kadphises
 •  350–375 Kipunada
Historical era Classical Antiquity
 •  Kujula Kadphises unites Yuezhi tribes into a confederation 30
 •  Subjugated by the Sasanians, Guptas and Hepthalites 375
Area 3,800,000 km² (1,467,188 sq mi)
Currency Kushan drachma
Preceded by
Succeeded by
Indo-Parthian Kingdom
Indo-Scythians
Sasanian Empire
Gupta Empire
Hephthalite Empire
Today part of  Afghanistan
 China
 Kyrgyzstan
 India
   Nepal
 Pakistan
 Tajikistan
 Uzbekistan
 Turkmenistan

The Kushan Empire (Bactrian: Κυϸανο, Kushano; Sanskrit: कुषाण राजवंश Kuṣāṇ Rājavaṃśa; BHS: Guṣāṇa-vaṃśa; Parthian: ...
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