Kushan empire Kushan empire Agesiles (or Arseiles), who reigned around 20BC-1BC, is, with Sapadbizes, one of the first identified kings of the northern Indo-European Yuezhi tribes, that had invaded the Greco-Bactrian kingdom in the region of Bactria (modern-day northern Afghanistan) from around 125 BC. ...more on Wikipedia about "Agesiles"
Heraios or Heraus (reign: 1-30 CE) was a clan chief of the Kushans, one of the five constituent tribes of the Yuezhi confederacy in Bactria in the early first century CE, roughly at the time when the Kushans were starting their invasion of India. ...more on Wikipedia about "Heraios"
Huvishka was a Kushan emperor around 126-164 CE. He was the successor of emperor Kanishka. ...more on Wikipedia about "Huvishka"
Kanishka was a king of the Kushan Empire in South Asia, in the 2nd century of the common era, famous for his military, political, and spiritual achievements. His capital was in the modern city of Peshawar in Pakistan. ...more on Wikipedia about "Kanishka"
Kanishka II was one of the emperors of the Kushan empire from around 200- 222 AD. He succeeded Vasudeva I who is considered to be the last great Kushan emperor. ...more on Wikipedia about "Kanishka II"
Kanishka III was a Kushan emperor 255 - 275 AD. ...more on Wikipedia about "Kanishka III"
Kujula Kadphises ( 30- 80 CE) united the Yuezhi confederation during the 1st century CE, and become the first Kushan emperor. According to the Rabatak inscription, he was the grandfather of the great Kushan king Kanishka I. ...more on Wikipedia about "Kujula Kadphises"
:This page is about the historical Kushan Empire. For the Exiles from the computer game Homeworld, see here. ...more on Wikipedia about "Kushan Empire"
Sapadbizes (or Sapalbizes), is a ruler of western Bactria, sometimes linked to the Yuezhi. He is known only from his coins (of which less than half a dozen examples are extant). Two clues provide an approximate date for this ruler. He is believed to have overstruck the coins of Phraates IV of Parthia, secondly his coins are of good silver. This places him after Phraates (40 BC) and before the debasement of coinage in Northwest India (20 AD). He is not the only ruler of his dynasty known. Several other coins imply that Sapadbizes was proceeded by at least one, and possibly two other rulers. It is likely that Sapadbizes and these other rulers were descendents of tribes who had invade Bactria and imitated the coins of the last Greco-Bactrian kings. Though it is clear from the coins and the evidence of Chinese chroniclers that at this time Sapadbizes was an ally or dependent of Parthia. Nothing is known of the succession after Sapadbizes, but scholars surmise that his kingdom was conquered by Kujula Kadphises, during the latter's war with Parthia, and absorbed into the Kushan Empire, probably about 30 AD. ...more on Wikipedia about "Sapadbizes"
Shaka I was one of the last ruler of the Kushan Empire around 325- 345. ...more on Wikipedia about "Shaka I"
Vashishka was a Kushan emperor around 232-246 AD. ...more on Wikipedia about "Vashishka"
Vasudeva I was a Kushan emperor around 164-200 AD (See: Vasudeva coin ). ...more on Wikipedia about "Vasudeva I"
Vasudeva II was a Kushan emperor around 246-256 AD (See: Vasudeva II coin ) ...more on Wikipedia about "Vasudeva II"
Vima Kadphises was a Kushan emperor from around 90-100 CE. As detailed by the Rabatak inscription, he was the son of Vima Takto and the father of Kanishka. ...more on Wikipedia about "Vima Kadphises" Must see http://www.shortopedia.com
Vima Takto or Vima Taktu was a Kushan emperor around 80-90 AD. ...more on Wikipedia about "Vima Takto"
Yuezhi ( Chinese:月氏, also 月支, Wade-Giles: Yüeh-Chih) or Da Yuezhi ( Chinese:大月氏, also 大月支, "Great Yuezhi") is the Chinese name for an ancient Central Asian people. They are believed to have been the same as or closely related to the people named Tocharians (τόχαροι) by ancient Greeks. They were originally settled in the Tarim Basin area, in what is today Gansu and Xinjiang, in China, before they migrated to Transoxiana, Bactria and then northern India, where they formed the Kushan Empire. ...more on Wikipedia about "Yuezhi"
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