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The Kushan Empire

• Expansion and Decline of the Kushan Empire

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Key terms
• Greco-Bactrian Kingdom The easternmostpart of the Hellenistic world, covering Bactria and Sogdiana in Central Asiafrom 250
to 125 BCE. The Greco-Bactrians expanded into northern India and establishedthe Indo-Greek Kingdom in 180 BCE, which
lasted until around 10 CE.
• Indo-Sassanids A branch of theSassanid Persians who established their rule in the northwestern Indiansubcontinent during the
third and fourth centuries at the expense of thedeclining Kushans.
• Kanishka Buddhist emperor who expanded the Kushan Empire eastinto the middle of the Indian subcontinent and north into
China.
• The Kushans One of five branches of the Yuezhi, who invaded Bactria in 135 BCE and spread southeast to form the Kushan
Empire around 30 CE.
• Yuezhi An ancient Indo-European people who originally settled in the grasslands of the eastern Tarim Basin, part of modern
China.
• Zoroastrianism One of the world’s oldest monotheistic religions founded by the Prophet Zoroaster in ancient Iran approximately
3,500 years ago.

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Kushan worshipper with Zeus/Serapis/Ohrmazd, 3rd century CE

The Kushans were influenced by the Hellenistic kingdoms and maintained a wide variety of faiths, including Zoroastrianism, Buddhism and Hinduism.

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The Kushan Empire

Kushan territories (full line) and the maximum extent of Kushan dominions under the Buddhist Emperor Kanishka, around 152 CE (dash line).

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• Wikipedia. "Yuezhi." CC BY-SA 3.0 http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Yuezhi
• Wikipedia. "Kushan Empire." CC BY-SA 3.0 http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kushan_Empire
• Wikipedia. "Indo-Sasanians." CC BY-SA 3.0 https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Indo-Sasanians
• Wikipedia. "Kanishka." CC BY-SA 3.0 https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kanishka
• Wikipedia. "Zoroastrianism." CC BY-SA 3.0 https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Zoroastrianism
• Wikipedia. "Khunjerab Pass." CC BY-SA 3.0 https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Khunjerab_Pass

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