It flourished in the first century CE The Buddha images exhibit the spiritual feeling in his face which was largely absent in the Gandhara art […]

Gandhara Art   The best of the Gandhara sculpture was produced during the first and second centuries CE It originated during the reign of Indo-Greek […]

Kanishka embraced Buddhism in the early part of his reign He was tolerant towards other religions. His coins exhibit the images of not only Buddha […]

Most important ruler of the Kushana dynasty He was the founder of the Saka era which starts from 78 CE He was not only a […]

The Kushanas were a branch of the Yuchi tribe, whose original home was Central Asia. They first came to Bactria displacing the Sakas Founder of […]

The Sakas or the Scythians attacked the Bactria and Parthia and captured them from the Greek rulers There were two different groups of Sakas- the […]

Bactrians and Parthia became independent from the Syrian empire in the middle of the third century BCE Demetrius, the Greek ruler of Bactria invaded Afghanistan […]

Economic conditions    The last great ruler of the Satvahanas was Yajna Sri Satakarni Remarkable progress in the fields of trade and industry. Merchants organized […]

Expansion of empire    Gautamiputra Satkarni captured the whole of Deccan and expanded the empire too He got victorious over Nagapana, the ruler of Malwa […]

Satvahanas also known as the Andhras established their independent rule after the decline of the Mauryas in the Deccan Their rule lasted for about 450 […]