Question

________was the famous king of Kushan dynasty .Fill in the blank

Answer 1

King Kanishka was the famous king of Kushan dynasty

Explanation:

• King Kanishka became the third ruler of the Kushan dynasty by succeeding Kadphises II in 78 A.

• The period during which King Kanishka ruled was called as the Sakha era.

• He followed Buddhism and was a great military and political ruler, administrator, and a spiritual leader like King Ashoka.
• He expanded the Kushana Empire from Oxus to Varanasi and Kashmir to Malwa.
• Kanishka also was an ardent lover of art forms, especially the Gandhara art of sculpting. Many sculptures like stupas based on Buddhism were sculpted during his period.
• A Chinese pilgrim and a traveller Xuan Zang was highly impressed with Kanishka’s achievements that he stayed in his kingdom and wrote a book about him.