Kanishka

(noun)

Buddhist emperor who expanded the Kushan Empire east into the middle of the Indian subcontinent, and north into China.

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Examples of Kanishka in the following topics:

  • Expansion and Decline of the Kushan Empire

    • The Kushans reached their peak under Emperor Kanishka (127-151 CE), a Buddhist whose realm stretched from China to northern and eastern India and parts of Pakistan.
    • Around 152 CE, Emperor Kanishka, a Buddhist, sent his armies north of the Karakoram Mountains to capture additional territories, and subsequently opened a direct road from Gandhara to China that remained under Kushan control for more than a century.