Rudradaman XI History - Lesson - - Polity and Society in Post-Mauryan Period Kushanas The Sakas were displaced by the Parthian Gondophernes, who first conquered Kabul (c. CE). He lost the Kabul valley to the Kushanas, but he was successful against the Sakas in India. Records of his rule have been discovered in Peshawar district.
The Sakas approached the Kushanas ( yueh-chi ) for war help against the Parthians. The first Kushana king who conquered Afghanistan was Khujula Kadphises, followed by Wima Kadphises. The two kings extended Kushana territory to Gandhara, Punjab and as far to the east as the Ganga-Yamuna doab till Mathura in Uttar Pradesh. Kanishka The best known of the Kushana kings was Kanishka, who is thought to have ruled from CE till or CE.
Ironically, CE is held to be the beginning of the “Saka era” in the Indian calendar. Historians are, hence, divided about Kanishka’s period. His rule is said to have started anywhere between and CE. Kanishka was an ardent follower of Buddhism and hosted the fourth Buddhist mahasangha or council (the third council had been held in Pataliputra during Ashoka’s reign).
By now Mahayana Buddhism had become the dominant sect, and Kanishka supported the missions sent to China to preach Buddhism. Kanishka Kanishka Coin Kushana coins were of the highest quality and conformed to the weight standards of Roman coins. In the coins, Kushana rulers are referred to as “king of kings”, “Caesar”, “lord of all lands” and by other such titles. Unfortunately, the titles did not leave much room on the coins for the actual name of the ruler.
Hence our information on the Kushana kings tends to be very uncertain. of various ruling clans and dynasties that came into India. The first question that arises is: why and how did nomadic tribes turn to war and conquest? The advent of these tribes in India arose as a result of a complex sequence of migrations and political developments in Central Asia.
In the eastern part of Central Asia, the Yueh-chi were being