Kushān Dynasty Expands into India
At a glance:
- Series: Great Events from History: The Ancient World, Prehistory-476
- Categories: Religion, Ethics, Land Acquisition and Expansion, Territory Redistribution, Civilizations, Cultures
- Subcategories: Empires, Dynasties, Trade, Commerce, Buddhism, Buddhists
- Curriculum: Asian History, Ancient History
- Geographical Location: Central Asia, Afghanistan, South Asia, India, Uzbekistan, Pakistan, Tajikistan
- Date: c. 100-c. 127
Article abstract: The Kushāns expanded trade with China and the Roman Empire and created a brilliant culture, in which the Buddhist religion and art flourished.
Summary of Event
The Kushāns were one of five tribes in a confederation, called Yuezhi in Chinese sources, who moved from Gansu Province in China to western Central Asia about 120 b.c.e. Some scholars suggest that their language was Tokharian, an Indo-European tongue, written fragments of which were found much later (seventh-eighth century c.e.) in several oases in Xinjiang Province of China....
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