Kushan Dynasty

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Kujula Kadphises united the Yuezhi tribes into a confederation in the Bactrian territories.

Establishment

January 31: Kujula Kadphises unites Yuezhi tribes into a confederation .

Chronology

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1. Conquests of Samudragupta

Conquests by Gupta ruler Samudragupta.

January 351: The Allahabad Pillar inscription, dated to 350 AD, credits Samudragupta of the Gupta Empire with defeating 8 kings of Aryavarta, including the Nagas. This military conquest solidified Gupta control over northern India.

January 351: Samudragupta advanced as far as the Pallava kingdom in the south, and defeated Vishnugopa, the Pallava regent of Kanchi. [in the same year it is clear that the guptas extended their influence over several other territories and kingdoms].

January 351: Gupta Emperor Samudragupta subjugated all the kings of the forest region, which was most probably located in central India.

2. Further events (Unrelated to Any War)

January 49: The last coins of the Audumbaras are dated 48 AD.

January 51: The Apraca rulers of Bajaur, that ruled from the 1st century BC to the 1st century AD in the region of Apracharajas, were eventually conquered by the Kushan Dynasty in 50 AD.

January 51: The Kushans invaded Anxi (Indo-Parthia) and took the Gaofu (Kabul) region. They also defeated the whole of the kingdoms of Puda (Paktiya) and Jibin (Kapisha and Gandhara).

January 51: Kujula Kadphises was the founder of the Kushan Dynasty, a powerful empire that ruled over northern India in the 1st century AD. Under his leadership, the Kushans expanded their territory by absorbing the northern Indian part of the kingdom.

January 57: In 56, Xian, the king of Yarkent, conquered Khotan. He appointed Yulin as the king of Ligui and made his brother, Weishi, the new king of Khotan. This expansion of Xian's territory solidified his power and influence in the region.

January 76: The Kushans, a Central Asian dynasty, regained control of northwestern India in AD 75. They also took over Mathura around AD 100, where they thrived for many centuries.

January 84: The Kushan Dynasty, led by the Nagvanshis of Chotanagpur, ruled the Chota Nagpur plateau region in 83 AD. The Nagvanshis were a prominent Rajput clan.

January 101: Kushan emperor Vima Kadphises (c. 95 - c. 127) conquers territories in Bactria.

January 101: The Northern Satraps were probably displaced by, or became vassals of, the Kushans from the time of Vima Kadphises, who is known to have ruled in Mathura in 90-100 CE.

January 101: The Kushans, a Central Asian dynasty, regained northwestern India around AD 75 under the rule of King Kanishka. By AD 100, they had also conquered the area of Mathura, a major center of art and culture in ancient India. The Kushans would go on to prosper in the region for several centuries.

January 128: In the year one, it has been proclaimed unto India, unto the whole realm of the governing class, including Koonadeano (Kaundiny, Kundina) and the city of Ozeno (Ozene, Ujjain) and the city of Zageda (Saketa) and the city of Kozambo (Kausambi) and the city of Palabotro (Pataliputra) and as far as the city of Ziri-tambo (Sri-Champa), whatever rulers and other important persons (they might have) he had submitted to (his) will, and he had submitted all India to (his) will. — Rabatak inscription, Lines 4-8.

January 151: Huvishka (Kushan: Οοηϸκι, "Ooishki") was a Kushan emperor from the death of Kanishka (assumed on the best evidence available to be in 150) until the succession of Vasudeva I about thirty years later. His rule was a period of retrenchment and consolidation for the Empire. In particular he devoted time and effort early in his reign to the exertion of greater control over the city of Mathura.

January 201: The Nagas rose to power after the decline of the Kushan Empire in north-central India, in the early 3rd century.

January 201: During the time period stretching from the 1st century BC to the 2nd century AD, the Mitras of Kosambi, a powerful ruling family in ancient India, extended their control over Magadha (including Pataliputra), a region known for its political significance and cultural richness.

January 201: Aria was sometime between the late 2nd- and early 3rd-century conquered by the Kushan Empire.

January 226: The Sasanians captured the provinces of Sogdiana, Bactria and Gandhara from the Kushans in 225 AD. The Sasanians established governors in the area, who minted their own coinage and took the title of Kushanshas, i.e. "Kings of the Kushans".

January 231: In ca. 230 the province was lost to the Sasanian Empire.

January 241: The Kushans were defeated by the Sassanid Persian Empire in the mid 3rd century, first becoming part of a vassal Kushansha state.

January 241: Vasudeva I was the last great Kushan emperor, and the end of his rule coincides with the invasion of the Sasanians as far as northwestern India, and the establishment of the Indo-Sasanians or Kushanshahs in what is nowadays Afghanistan, Pakistan and northwestern India from around 240 AD.

January 251: The Gupta Empire was established in the mid-to-late 3rd century CE.

January 261: The Naga kingdom expanded to include Mathura in north and Ujjain in south.

January 351: After a period of control of the areas as far as Gandhara by the Kushano-Sasanians, the Sasanian Empire further expanded into the northwest of the subcontinent, particularly in the regions of Gandhara and Punjab, from the time of Shapur II circa 350 CE. Further south, as far as the mouth of the Indus river, the Sasanians exerted some sort of control or influence, as suggested by the Sasanian coinage of Sindh. It is probable that the Sasanian expansion in India, which put an end to the remnants of Kushan rule, was also made in part at the expense of the Western Satraps.

January 371: In 360-370 CE, a Kidarite kingdom was established in Central Asian regions previously ruled by the Sasanian Empire, replacing the Kushano-Sasanians in Bactria.