Kushano-Sasanian Kingdom

Kushano-Sasanian Kingdom was a state in Afghanistan and the northwest (South Asia) that lasted from c. 230 to 365 CE, about 135 years. Its people spoke Iranian languages (Median, Persian, Parthian, Scythian, Sogdian, Pashto, Kurdish).

Sasanian princes who ruled Bactria and Gandhara after Persia conquered the western Kushan lands, taking the title Kushanshah. The Kidarites displaced them in the mid 4th century.

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Facts

Dates

c. 230 to 365 CE

Duration

135 years

Type

State

Region

Afghanistan and the northwest, South Asia

Language family

Iranian

Capital

Balkh

Came from

• Kushan Empire c. 30 to 375 CE

Became

• Kidarites c. 350 to 470 CE

Neighbours in South Asia

• Kushan Empire c. 30 to 375 CE
• Gupta Empire c. 320 to 550 CE
• Anuradhapura Kingdom 377 BCE to 1017 CE
• Pallava dynasty c. 275 to 897 CE
• Western Satraps c. 35 to 415 CE
• Vakataka dynasty c. 250 to 500 CE
• Kamarupa c. 350 to 1140 CE
• Western Ganga dynasty c. 350 to 1000 CE
• Early Cholas c. 300 BCE to 300 CE
• Early Cheras c. 300 BCE to 300 CE

Elsewhere in the world at the same time

• Ghana Empire (Wagadu) c. 300 to 1200 CE, North and West Africa
• Kingdom of Aksum c. 100 to 940 CE, North and West Africa
• Moche (Mochica) c. 100 to 800 CE, South America
• Teotihuacan c. 100 BCE to 550 CE, Mesoamerica and Caribbean
• Sasanian Empire 224 to 651 CE, Middle East
• Roman Empire 27 BCE to 395 CE, Europe

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