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- 200 (high-end estimate of peak area)
- 2,500,000 km2 (970,000 sq mi)
- 200 (Low-end estimate of peak area)
- 2,000,000 km2 (770,000 sq mi)
- Capital
- 1st Century BCE: Kapisa/Pushkalavati; from 1st century CE: Purushapura/Mathura 3rd and 4th centuries CE: Taxila
- Common languages
- Greek (official until c. 127)[note 1] Bactrian[note 1] (official from c. 127)[note 2] Gandhari Prakrit Hybrid Sanskrit
- Currency
- Kushan dinara
- Demonym
- Kushanas (Yuezhi)
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Overview
- Syncretic
- Yuezhi
- Bactrian Bactria
- Afghanistan
- India
- Pakistan
- Tajikistan
- Turkmenistan
- Uzbekistan
- Saketa
- Sarnath
- Varanasi
- Kanishka the Great
- Indo-European Proto-Indo-Europeans
- TOCHARIANS
- Xinjiang
- Gansu
- Kujula Kadphises
- Greco-Bactrian
- Shaivite
- Hinduism
- Vima Kadphises
- Vasudeva II
- Buddhism
- Zoroastrianism
- Spread of Buddhism to Central Asia Silk Road transmission of Buddhism
- Pax Kushana
- Greek language
- Bactrian language
- Karakoram
Origins
- Old Chinese
- Iranic
- Saka
- Records of the Great Historian
- Book of Han
- Greco-Bactria
- Scythians
- Hindu Kush
- Indus Indus river
- Indo-Greek kingdoms Indo-Greek Kingdom
- South Asia
- Sanskrit
- Turk Turkic peoples
- Tukharistan
- Western Turks Western Turkic Khaganate
- John M. Rosenfield
- André Wink
History
- Khalchayan
- Heraios
- Metropolitan Museum of Art
- Sakas
- Takht-i Sangin
- Surkh Kotal
- Ai-Khanoum
- Artificially deformed skulls Artificial cranial deformation
- Ban Gu
- Fan Ye Fan Ye (historian)
- Book of Later Han
- Valley of Peshawar
- Taxila
- Kapisa Kapisa (city)
- Bagram
- Pushkalavati
- Charsadda
- Tyrant
- Ban Yong
- Badakhshan
- Kabul
- Kapisha Kapisi (city)
- Vima Takto
- Sadaṣkaṇa
- Tianzhu Tianzhu (India)
- Sadaṣkaṇa Sadashkana
- Oḍirāja Odirajas
- Kushan script
- Kanishka
- Mace Mace (bludgeon)
Culture
Religion
- Pantheon Pantheon (gods)
- Oesho
- Ardoxsho
- Ashi Vanghuhi
- Ashaeixsho
- Asha Vahishta
- Athsho Atsho
- Atar
- Pharro
- Khwarenah
- Drvaspa
- Vohu Manah
- Mah
- Mithra
- Ahura Mazda
- Nana Nana (Bactrian goddess)
- Vata Vata-Vayu
- Ořlagno
- Verethragna
- Rishti
- Arshtat
- Shaoreoro
- Khshathra Vairya
- Tir Tishtrya
- Zeus
- Helios
- Hephaistos
- Nike Nike (mythology)
- Selene
- Anemos
Art and architecture
- Bodhisattava
- Philadelphia Museum of Art
- Art of Gandhara Greco-Buddhist art
- Bodhisattva
- Hellenistic art
- Nysa Nisa, Turkmenistan
- Art of Mathura
- Aniconism
- Bharhut
- Kosambi
- Bala Bodhisattva
- Kimbell seated Bodhisattva
- Loriyan Tangai
- Yavana era
- Hashtnagar
- Hariti
- Dalverzin Tepe
- Mitra
- Dinara Dinar
- Denarius
- Aureus
- Archaeometallurgical study Archaeometallurgy
- Platinum
- Palladium
- Kampir Tepe
- Loopholes Loophole (firearm)
- Ayaz Kala
Foreign relations
- Trajan
- Ahin Posh
- Septimius Severus
- Julia Domna
- Bardesanes
- Syriac Syriac language
- The Book of the Laws of the Countries
- Historia Augusta
- Emperor Hadrian Hadrian
- Aurelius Victor
- Appian
- Antoninus Pius
- Hyrcanian
- Cotton
- Sugar candy
- Pepper Black pepper
- Ginger
- Parthamaspates of Parthia
- Osroene
- Turpan
- Khotan Kingdom of Khotan
- Eastern Han
- Kushans
- Shaanxi
- Gansu Provincial Museum
- He of Han Emperor He of Han China
- Emperor Huan of Han
- Lokaksema Lokaksema (Buddhist monk)
- Luoyang
- Nanjing
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Nodes343
Edges342
Triples139
Avg. degree1.99
Density0.005831
Components1
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Kushan Empire
Top relations
related to Early Kushans · 27
Kushan Empire → Ai-Khanoum, Archaeological, Bactria, Ban Gu's Book, BC, Central Asia, Ch'iu-shiu-ch'ueh, Fan Ye's Book, Han, Hellenistic, In, Khalchayan, Kuei-shuang, Kujula Kadphises, Kushan, Kushans, Later Han, On, Sakas, Sogdiana
related to External links · 22
Kushan Empire → Brief Guide, Catalogue, Central Asian Studies, Coins, Congress Web Archives, Cultural Foundation Volume, Encyclopædia BritannicaMetropolitan Museum, February, Himalayan Research, Indian Coins, Issue, Journal, Kushan, Kushan CoinsDedicated, Kushan Empire Archived, Kushan History Archived, Kushans, Library, September, Wayback Machine
related to Kushan monetary system · 22
Kushan Empire → Bengal, Dalverzin Tepe, Denarius, Dinara, Greco-Roman, Gupta, Gupta Empire, Indian, Kharosthi, Kushan, Kushano-Sasanians, Kushans, Mitra, On, One, Persian, Roman, Samatata, Samudragupta, The
related to Contacts with China · 17
Kushan Empire → AD, Around, Ban Chao, Central Asian, Chinese, Chinese Empire, During, Han, He, In, Kashgar, Kushans, Sogdians, Tarim Basin, The Yuezhi, They, Turpan
related to Kujula Kadphises · 14
Kushan Empire → AD, Ban Yong, BC, Book, Ch, Chinese, Chinese Emperor, Guishuang, In, Kujula Kadphises, Kushan, Later Han, The Chinese Book, Yuezhi
related to Vima Taktu · 10
Kushan Empire → Ancient Chinese, He, Hou Hanshu, Later Han, Rabatak, South Asia, The Book, Vima Kadphises, Vima Takto, Yangaozhen
200 (high-end estimate of peak area) · 1
Kushan Empire → 2,500,000 km2 (970,000 sq mi)
200 (Low-end estimate of peak area) · 1
Kushan Empire → 2,000,000 km2 (770,000 sq mi)
Capital · 1
Kushan Empire → 1st Century BCE: Kapisa/Pushkalavati; from 1st century CE: Purushapura/Mathura 3rd and 4th centuries CE: Taxila
Common languages · 1
Kushan Empire → Greek (official until c. 127)[note 1] Bactrian[note 1] (official from c. 127)[note 2] Gandhari Prakrit Hybrid Sanskrit
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Important terminology
kushan kushans kanishka empire yuezhi century ad greek also chinese gandhara coins kadphises emperor india buddhism han known bactria great
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Extracted RDF-like relationships with confidence and source. The table includes structured facts and lower-confidence contextual relations.| Subject | Predicate | Object | Confidence | Src |
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| Kushan Empire | 200 (high-end estimate of peak area) | 2,500,000 km2 (970,000 sq mi) | 1.00 | infobox |
| Kushan Empire | 200 (Low-end estimate of peak area) | 2,000,000 km2 (770,000 sq mi) | 1.00 | infobox |
| Kushan Empire | Capital | 1st Century BCE: Kapisa/Pushkalavati; from 1st century CE: Purushapura/Mathura 3rd and 4th centuries CE: Taxila | 1.00 | infobox |
| Kushan Empire | Common languages | Greek (official until c. 127)[note 1] Bactrian[note 1] (official from c. 127)[note 2] Gandhari Prakrit Hybrid Sanskrit | 1.00 | infobox |
| Kushan Empire | Currency | Kushan dinara | 1.00 | infobox |
| Kushan Empire | Demonym | Kushanas (Yuezhi) | 1.00 | infobox |
| Kushan Empire | Government | Monarchy | 1.00 | infobox |
| Kushan Empire | Historical era | Classical Antiquity | 1.00 | infobox |
| Kushan Empire | Religion | Hinduism Buddhism Zoroastrianism | 1.00 | infobox |
| Kushan Empire | • 25–85 | Kujula Kadphises (first) | 1.00 | infobox |
| Kushan Empire | • 350–375 | Kipunada (last) | 1.00 | infobox |
| Kushan Empire | • Kujula Kadphises unites Yuezhi tribes into a confederation | 30 | 1.00 | infobox |
| Kushan Empire | • Subjugated by the Sasanians, Guptas and Hepthalites | 375 | 1.00 | infobox |
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