⚔ Conquest / annexation
Sasanian conquest of the western Kushan lands
c. 230 CE – present · 📍 Bactria
What it led to: Kushanshah governors ruled Bactria as Sasanian vassals.
Where it happened.
Meanwhile (within 10 years)
- c. 240 CE Sri Gupta founds the Gupta line · Gupta Empire
Alive at the time
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🗂 Era 1
- Ancient IndiaPart of this era
⏳ Periods 1
- Kushan EmpireBelongs to this period
🏛 Kingdoms & empires 2
- Gupta Empire 240 CE – 550 CEExisted at the same time (135 years)
- Pallava Dynasty 275 CE – 897 CEExisted at the same time (100 years)
👑 Rulers 6
- Kujula Kadphises 30 CE – 80 CERuled it
- Vima Taktu 80 CE – 95 CERuled it
- Vima Kadphises 95 CE – 127 CERuled it
- Kanishka I 127 CE – 150 CERuled it
- Huvishka 150 CE – 190 CERuled it
- Vasudeva I 190 CE – 230 CERuled it
👤 People 2
- Ashvaghosha active c. 100 CELived under it
- Charaka active c. 150 CELived under it
⚔ Events 3
- Kanishka's accession c. 127 CEHappened in it
- Kujula Kadphises unites the Kushans c. 30 CEHappened in it
- Sasanian conquest of the western Kushan lands c. 230 CEHappened in it
🔧 Technology 1
- Zero: the Bakhshali manuscript as early as the 3rd or 4th century CEMade or discovered in this time
📄 Research 2
- Cults and shrines in early historical Mathura (c. 200 BC–AD 200) Upinder Singh · 2004Research on this topic
- The Yavana Presence in Ancient India Himanshu Prabha Ray · 1988Research on this topic
📚 Books 2
- Our Pasts I, II & III (Classes 6–8) NCERTRecommended reading
- Themes in Indian History, Parts I–III (Class 12) NCERTRecommended reading