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Kanishka
Sign in to saveKanishka I, also known as Kanishka the Great, was an emperor of the Kushan dynasty, under whose reign (–150 CE) the empire reached its zenith. He is famous for his military, political, and spiritual achievements. A descendant of Kujula Kadphises, founder of the Kushan empire, Kanishka came to rule an empire extending from Central Asia and Gandhara to Pataliputra on the Gangetic plain. The main capital of his empire was located at Puruṣapura (Peshawar) in Gandhara, with another major capital at Mathura. Coins of Kanishka were found in Tripuri (present-day Jabalpur).
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Kanishka was a male monarch and emperor of the Kushan Empire, holding the noble title of king. Born in Peshawar in 0078, he was the son of Vima Kadphises and the father of Huvishka. He adhered to Buddhism and died in Peshawar in 0144, where he was also buried. His life and reign are described in the Encyclopædia Britannica 11th edition.
The name Kanishka is also associated with a literary author born in 1925. This author has 19 works, including *Mogala hāṭera sandhyā*, *Rāma Basura śreshṭha kabitā*, *Ekaguccha kābyanāṭya*, and *Antarāle Pratimā*. Additionally, a musical artist named Kanishka has accumulated 634 plays from 63 listeners. The historical figure Kanishka I is referenced by 2,305 other encyclopedia articles.
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Person · Open Library
- Born
- 1925
- Died
- .*
- Works
- 19
Top works
- Mogala hāṭera sandhyā
- Rāma Basura śreshṭha kabitā
- Ekaguccha kābyanāṭya
- Rāma Basura śreshṭha kabitā
- Antarāle Pratimā
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Listeners · Last.fm
- Listeners
- 63
- Total plays
- 634
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Recent publications · Crossref
5 total works indexed
- High-performance bulk thermoelectrics with all-scale hierarchical architectures
· 2012 · cited 4,547x
- Strained endotaxial nanostructures with high thermoelectric figure of merit
· 2011 · cited 1,009x
- Revised FIGO staging for carcinoma of the cervix uteri
· 2019 · cited 879x
- Graphene, the new nanocarbon
· 2009 · cited 760x
- Carbon Nanotubes Induce Growth Enhancement of Tobacco Cells
· 2012 · cited 719x
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Key facts
- Royalty.name
- Kaniṣka, Kanishka
- Royalty.title
- Kushan emperor
- Royalty.image
- KanishkaCoin3.JPG
- Royalty.caption
- Gold coin of Kanishka. Greco-Bactrian legend:ϷΑΟΝΑΝΟϷΑΟ ΚΑΝΗϷΚΙ ΚΟϷΑΝΟShaonanoshao Kanishki Koshano"King of Kings, Kanishka the Kushan".British Museum.
- Royalty.reign
- 127–150 CE
- Royalty.predecessor
- Vima Kadphises
- Royalty.successor
- Huvishka
- Royalty.dynasty
- Kushan
- Royalty.birth_place
- Possibly Khotan, present-day Xinjiang, China (per Chinese chronicles) or Kashmir
via Wikipedia infobox
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Encyclopedic overview
18 sectionsContents
- Genealogy
- Conquests in India and Central Asia
- Kanishka's coins
- Hellenistic phase
- Iranian / Indic phase
- Kanishka and Buddhism
- Buddhist coinage
- Standing Buddha
- "Shakyamuni Buddha"
- "Maitreya Buddha"
- Buddhist statuary under Kanishka
- Kanishka stupa
- Kanishka in Buddhist tradition
- Transmission of Buddhism to China
- See also
- Footnotes
- References
- External links
Kanishka I, also known as Kanishka the Great, was an emperor of the Kushan dynasty, under whose reign (–150 CE) the empire reached its zenith. He is famous for his military, political, and spiritual achievements. A descendant of Kujula Kadphises, founder of the Kushan empire, Kanishka came to rule an empire extending from Central Asia and Gandhara to Pataliputra on the Gangetic plain. The main capital of his empire was located at Puruṣapura (Peshawar) in Gandhara, with another major capital at Mathura. Coins of Kanishka were found in Tripuri (present-day Jabalpur).
Although he never converted to the religion, his conquests and patronage of Buddhism played an important role in the development of the Silk Road, and in the transmission of Mahayana Buddhism from Gandhara across the Karakoram range to China. Around 127 CE, he replaced Greek with Bactrian as the official language of administration in the empire.
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