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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).

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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.

Synthesized by Vinony from 27 facts across 5 sources: Wikidata, Crossref, Open Library, Last.fm, Vinony graph. Generated from structured data (not the Wikipedia text) and checked against those facts — may still contain errors.

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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Music · MusicBrainz

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Listeners · Last.fm

Listeners
63
Total plays
634

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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 sections
Contents
  • 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.

Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Kanishka” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.

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