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King Kaniska: Conquest, Administration and Culture

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Kadphises II was succeeded by Kaniska in 78AD as the third king of the Kushana dynasty.

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.

From the time of Alexander’s invasion the lands outside the North-West frontiers of India became a political playground of the Greek powers.

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The Central Asian lands saw extensive movements of different races of people. These races destroyed the Greek supremacy in those regions and turned to be a new source of danger to the North-West of India. These people were nomadic and were in search of new homes. They were fighting among themselves for territorial gains and political powers.

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It was in that kind of racial migration and contest for lands that the Kushanas rose to power in Central Asia. In the opening year of the first century about 25AD a powerful chief of the kushanas named Kujala Kadphises I established his supremacy over other yuch-chi tribes and became their overlord. He ruled over a part of Afghanistan and occupied Hindu Kush extending from Parthia to Indus, the Kushana kingdom under this king rose into prominence rapidly.

His kingdom included the territories formerly ruled by the Greeks, the Sakas, and the Parthians. Kujala Kadphises was succeeded by his son Wimo Kadphises or Vima Kadphises and ruled this vast territory till his death in 78AD. He is regarded as the real builder of the Kushana empire in India. Vima Kadphises or Kadphises II was succeeded by Kaniska in 78AD as the third king of the Kushana dynasty. 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.

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