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Please note that the content of this book primarily consists of articles available from Wikipedia or other free sources online. Pages: 25. Chapters: Emperor Keik, Emperor Ch ai, Emperor Seimu, Kanishka, Karikala Chola, Gajabahu I of Sri Lanka, Rudradaman I, Nahapana, Huvishka, Suro of Geumgwan Gaya, Taejo of Goguryeo, Vasudeva I, Gautamiputra Satakarni, Mithridates I of Iberia, Chastana, Vashishtiputra Satakarni, Pharasmanes II of Iberia, Gogukcheon of Goguryeo, Adalla of Silla, Yajna Sri Satakarni, Pharasmanes III of Iberia, Pasa of Silla, Rev I of Iberia, Sansang of Goguryeo, Sindae of Goguryeo, Jivadaman, Vasisthiputra Sri Pulamavi, Chogo of Baekje, Jima of Silla, Gaeru of Baekje, Beolhyu of Silla, Chadae of Goguryeo, Ilseong of Silla, Naehae of Silla, Ghadam of Iberia, Amazasp II of Iberia, Geodeung of Geumgwan Gaya, Amazasp I of Iberia, Giru of Baekje, Bhumaka, V sishka, Suish, Kanishka III, Shivaskanda Satakarni, Pacores, Damajadasri I. Excerpt: Kanishka (Sanskrit: , Bactrian language: , Middle Chinese: (Jianisejia) was an emperor of the Kushan Empire, ruling an empire extending from Bactria to large parts of northern India in the 2nd century of the common era, and famous for his military, political, and spiritual achievements. His main capital was at Purushpura (Peshawar in present day northwestern Pakistan) with regional capitals at the location of the modern city of Taxila in Pakistan, Begram in Afghanistan and Mathura in India. Kanishka was a Kushan of Yuezhi ethnicity. He used an Eastern Iranian, Indo-European language known as Bactrian (called "," i. e. "Aryan" in the Rabatak inscription), which appears in Greek script in his inscriptions, though it is not certain what language the Kushans originally spoke; possibly some form of Tocharian. The "Aryan" language of the inscription was Middle Iranian language, possibly the one spoken in "Arya" or "Ariana" (the region around modern Herat) and was, therefore, quite possibly unrelated to the ori...
