Kushans
| Kushan Empire | ||||||||||||||||
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Κυϸανο (Bactrian) कुषाण राजवंश (Sanskrit) Βασιλεία Κοσσανῶν (Greek) |
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| Nomadic empire | ||||||||||||||||
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 Kushan territories (full line) and maximum extent of Kushan dominions under Kanishka the Great (dotted line), according to the Rabatak inscription.
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| Capital |
Bagram (Kapiśi) Peshawar (Puruṣapura) Taxila (Takṣaśilā) Mathura (Mathurā) |
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| Languages |
Greek (official until ca. 127) Bactrian(official from ca. 127) Unofficial regional languages: Gandhari, Sogdian, Chorasmian, , Saka dialects, Prakrit Liturgical language: Sanskrit |
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| Religion |
Buddhism Hinduism Shamanism Zoroastrianism Manichaeism various Bactrian-Indian religions |
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| Government | Monarchy | |||||||||||||||
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| • | 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 | |||||||||||||||
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| Today part of |
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The Kushan Empire (Bactrian: Κυϸανο, Kushano; Sanskrit: कुषाण राजवंश Kuṣāṇ Rājavaṃśa; BHS: Guṣāṇa-vaṃśa; Parthian: ...
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