Episode 9.4 - Kanishka

Kanishka led the Kushan Empire at its height, connecting China and India to lands west in the early era of the Silk Road. Kanishka was a strong leader who expanded the empire, stabilized it, and help connect cultures and cultural ideas across Asia.

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Coin of Kanishka

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Kanishka

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Map of Kushan Empire

Sources

• Craig Benjamin, Empires of Ancient Eurasia

• Shonaleeka Kaul, Cambridge World History, Ch.18 South Asia

• B.N. Mukherjee, The Rise and Fall of the Kushana Empire

• Baldev Kumar, The Early Kushans

Names Mentioned

• Ashoka

• Gondophares

• Huvishka

• Kujula Kadphises

• Zhang Qian