Kadphises II was succeeded by Kanishka in 78 A.D. as the third king of the Kushana dynasty. He was the greatest of the Kushana Emperors of India. His exact relation with Kadphises II is not known. But his immediate succession to the throne after him proves that he was the next in line to rule over the empire. With the [...]
From the time of Alexander's invasion, the lands outside the north-west frontiers of India became a political playground of the Greek powers. The Mauyra emperors by their military power, kept them away from the Indian frontiers while ruling over territories outside the natural boundaries of geographical India. After the fall of the Mauryas, the Greeks once again became active to [...]
In the opening years of the Christian century, about 25 A.D., a powerful chief of the Kushanas named Kujala Kadphises or Kadphises I established his supremacy over other Yueh-chi tribes, and became their overlord. He ruled over a part of Parthia, Kabul, Kandahar, and a part of Afghanistan, and occupied the Hindu Kush. Extending from Parthia to Indus, the Kushana [...]