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Shaka (Gupta script: Sha-kā) may have been one of the last rulers of the Kushan Empire around 325-345. He may have succeeded Vasudeva II. There is a group...

The Kushan Empire (c. 30–c. 375 AD) was a syncretic empire formed by the Yuezhi in the Bactrian territories in the early 1st century. It spread to encompass...

a Kushan emperor who ruled c. 275–300 CE. He was probably the successor of Kanishka III and may have been succeeded by an emperor named Shaka Kushan. Vasudeva...

Indo-Greeks and other local peoples. They were apparently subjugated by the Kushan Empire's Kujula Kadphises or Kanishka. The Saka continued to govern as satrapies...

script: Ma-hi) was a Kushan ruler, whose reign is dated to circa 300–305 CE. He probably succeeded Vasudeva II, and his successor was Shaka. Mahi was among...

probably the last ruler of the Kushan Empire around 335-350 CE. He is known for his gold coinage. He succeeded Shaka I. Kipunada was probably only a...

In the coinage of the North Indian and Central Asian Kushan Empire (approximately 30–375 CE), the main coins issued were gold, weighing 7.9 grams, and...

inscription the Kushans still ruled in Punjab, but under the suzerainty of the Gupta Emperor. Shaka-Murundas Some scholars believe that the term "Shaka-Murundas"...

contemporaneous with the Kushans who ruled the northern part of the Indian subcontinent, and were possibly vassals of the Kushans. They were also contemporaneous...

Kulbhushan Warikoo, some Huns claim to be descended from the Yuechi or Kushans. The Kushan and Hun were unquestionably Gujjars. Both of these clans are only...

Huvishka (Kushan: Οοηϸκι, Ooēški, Brahmi: Hu-vi-ṣka, Huviṣka; Kharosthi: 𐨱𐨂𐨬𐨅𐨮𐨿𐨐 Hu-ve-ṣka, Huveṣka) was the emperor of the Kushan Empire from...

Vashishka (c. 247 – 267) "Little Kushans"; Kanishka III (c. 267 – 270) Vasudeva II (c. 270 – 300) Mahi (c. 300 – 305) Shaka (c. 305 – 335) Kipunada (c. 335...

ruled by Chandragupta II, and the Western shatrapas, also known as the Shakas, during the 4th century CE. Chandragupta II, also known as Chandragupta...

(epigraphic); Kharosthi: 𐨬𐨁𐨨 𐨐𐨫𐨿𐨤𐨁𐨭 Vi-ma Ka-lpi-śa, Vima Kalpiśa) was a Kushan emperor from approximately 113 to 127 CE. According to the Rabatak inscription...

Kujula Kadphises (Kushan language: Κοζουλου Καδφιζου, also Κοζολα Καδαφες; Kharosthi: 𐨐𐨂𐨗𐨂𐨫 𐨐𐨯, IAST: Ku-ju-la Ka-sa, Kujula Kasa; Chinese: 丘就卻;...

Brahmi: Kā-ṇi-ṣka), Kanishka or Kanishka the Great was an emperor of the Kushan dynasty, under whose reign (c. 127–150 CE) the empire reached its zenith...

the Kushan Empire from around 225–245 CE. He succeeded Vasudeva I who is considered to be the last great Kushan emperor. While he upheld Kushan rule...

Kharosthi: 𐨬𐨗𐨿𐨱𐨅𐨮𐨿𐨐 Va-jhe-ṣka, Vajheṣka; ruled c. 247–265 CE) was a Kushan emperor, who seems to have had a short reign following Kanishka II. The...

under the control of the Kushan branch of the Yuezhi, Indo-Scythians and Indo-Parthian Kingdom. The Kushans founded the Kushan Empire, which was to prosper...

sometimes Heraus, Heraos, Miaos) was apparently a king or clan chief of the Kushans (reign: c. 1 –30 CE[citation needed]), one of the five constituent tribes...