King Kanishka

GPTKB entity

Properties (59)
Predicate Object
gptkbp:instanceOf historical figure
gptkbp:administrativeDivision centralized administration
gptkbp:artwork Buddhist_iconography
gptkbp:birthPlace Bactria
gptkbp:capital gptkb:Purushapura
gptkbp:culturalHeritage scholars and artists
between_India_and_Central_Asia
of_Hellenistic_influences
gptkbp:culturalInfluence Silk Road
gptkbp:currency Kushan coins
gptkbp:deathPlace gptkb:Kushan_Empire
gptkbp:dynasty Kushan Dynasty
gptkbp:hasArtStyle gptkb:Buddhist_stupas
gptkbp:historicalEvent Kanishka's_relics
gptkbp:historicalImpact on_Indian_history
gptkbp:historicalLegacy influence on later empires
gptkbp:historicalPeriod Literary references
Sanskrit literature
Archaeological findings
Inscriptions
Travel accounts
varied scholarly views
Numismatic evidence
Pali literature
Kushan inscriptions
Buddhist_texts
Roman_accounts
Byzantine_accounts
Persian_accounts
Tibetan_texts
Arab_accounts
Chinese_Buddhist_texts
Greek_accounts
Indian_Buddhist_texts
Khotanese_texts
Mongolian_texts
Sogdian_texts
Uighur_texts
gptkbp:historicalRecords Chinese_sources
Indian_sources
gptkbp:historicalSignificance unifying various cultures
https://www.w3.org/2000/01/rdf-schema#label King Kanishka
gptkbp:knownFor gptkb:Kanishka's_Edicts
patronage of the arts
supporting Buddhism
expanding_the_Kushan_Empire
gptkbp:language Bactrian
gptkbp:marketSegment Silk Road trade
gptkbp:militaryRank against_the_Parthians
against_the_Saka
gptkbp:philosophy gptkb:Mahayana_Buddhism
gptkbp:politicalPosition feudal system
gptkbp:predecessor gptkb:Vima_Kadphises
gptkbp:reign circa 127–150 CE
gptkbp:religion Buddhism
among different faiths
Fourth_Buddhist_Council
gptkbp:style gptkb:Gandhara_art
gptkbp:successor gptkb:Huvishka