Archive for month: May, 2025

Gandhara Art   The best of the Gandhara sculpture was produced during the first and second centuries CE It...

Kanishka embraced Buddhism in the early part of his reign He was tolerant towards other religions. His coins exhibit...

Most important ruler of the Kushana dynasty He was the founder of the Saka era which starts from 78...

The Kushanas were a branch of the Yuchi tribe, whose original home was Central Asia. They first came to...

The Sakas or the Scythians attacked the Bactria and Parthia and captured them from the Greek rulers There were...

Bactrians and Parthia became independent from the Syrian empire in the middle of the third century BCE Demetrius, the...

Economic conditions    The last great ruler of the Satvahanas was Yajna Sri Satakarni Remarkable progress in the fields...

Expansion of empire    Gautamiputra Satkarni captured the whole of Deccan and expanded the empire too He got victorious...

Satvahanas also known as the Andhras established their independent rule after the decline of the Mauryas in the Deccan...

Sungas   Mauryan rule was replaced by the Sunga dynasty Founder- Pushyamitra Sunga, who was the commander-in-chief under the...