Kujula Kadphises' conquest of Greater Bactria

Kujula Kadphises' conquest of Greater Bactria
Part of Kujula Kadphises' Central Asian campaign
Yuezhi Prince from Khalchayan. At his feet, the trophy of a Saka cataphract armour with neck-guard. 1st century BCE. Museum of Arts of Uzbekistan, nb 40.[1][2]
Location
Greater Bactria, Central Asia
Result

Kushan victory

  • Guissar mountains conquered
  • western Bactria subjugated
Belligerents
Kushan Empire Greater Bactria
Commanders and leaders
Kujula Kadphises unknown

Kujula Kadphises' conquest of Greater Bactria was when the first Kushan Emperor conquered the Guissar mountains and subjugated western Bactria.[3][4]

Further informations

Some of the statues of the Khalchayan palatial site in Bactria, dated circa 50 CE, probably corresponded to the rule of Kujula Kadphises.[5]

Portrait of a Kushan prince from Khalchayan (left), and head of a Gandhara Bodhisattava (right), said to have similar characteristics (Philadelphia Museum of Art).[6]

References

  1. ↑ Frantz, Grenet (2022). Splendeurs des oasis d'Ouzbékistan. Paris: Louvre Editions. p. 56. ISBN 978-8412527858.
  2. ↑ KHALCHAYAN – Encyclopaedia Iranica. p. Figure 1.
  3. ↑ Samad, Rafi U. (2011). The Grandeur of Gandhara: The Ancient Buddhist Civilization of the Swat, Peshawar, Kabul and Indus Valleys. Algora Publishing. p. 91-92. ISBN 978-0-87586-859-2.
  4. ↑ Wani, Muhammad Ashraf; Wani, Aman Ashraf (2023-02-22). The Making of Early Kashmir: Intercultural Networks and Identity Formation. Taylor & Francis. ISBN 978-1-000-83655-4.
  5. ↑ Grenet, Frantz (2022). Splendeurs des oasis d'Ouzbékistan. Paris: Louvre Editions. p. 58. ISBN 978-8412527858.
  6. ↑ Cite error: The named reference BR was used but no text was provided for refs named (see the help page).