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Name: Kushano-Sasanian Kingdom

Type: Polity

Start: 226 AD

End: 370 AD

Parent: persia (antiquity)

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Was a Branch of the Sasanian dynasty that ruled in Bactria during the 3rd and 4th centuries CE at the expense of the declining Kushans.

Establishment


  • 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".
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    1. Events


  • 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.

  • Disestablishment


  • January 371: This administration continued until 360-370 AD, when the Kushano-Sasanians lost much of its domains to the invading Kidarite Huns, whilst the rest was incorporated into the imperial Sasanian Empire.
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