Kanishka I

E274187

Buddhist patron Kushan emperor historical figure monarch

Kanishka I was a prominent Kushan emperor renowned for his military conquests, patronage of Buddhism, and role in fostering cultural exchange along the Silk Road in the 2nd century CE.

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All labels observed (2)

Label	Occurrences
Kanishka I canonical	7
Kanishka	2

Statements (49)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	Buddhist patron ⓘ Kushan emperor ⓘ historical figure ⓘ monarch ⓘ
associatedWith	Gandhara civilization ⓘ surface form: Gandhara region Silk Road trade ⓘ
capital	Mathura ⓘ Purushapura ⓘ
centuryOfActivity	2nd century CE ⓘ
coinageDepicted	Shakyamuni Buddha ⓘ surface form: Buddha Greek deities ⓘ Indian deities ⓘ Iranian deities ⓘ
countryRuled	Kushan Empire ⓘ
dynasty	Kushan Empire ⓘ surface form: Kushan
expandedTerritoryTo	Central Asia ⓘ northern India ⓘ parts of present-day Afghanistan ⓘ parts of present-day Pakistan ⓘ
knownFor	Kanishka casket ⓘ Kanishka stupa ⓘ depicting multiple deities on coins ⓘ issue of copper coins ⓘ issue of gold coins ⓘ military conquests ⓘ patronage of Buddhism ⓘ religious tolerance ⓘ support of cultural exchange along the Silk Road ⓘ
memberOf	Kushan Empire ⓘ surface form: Kushan dynasty
notableConstruction	Kanishka stupa ⓘ surface form: Kanishka stupa at Purushapura
patronized	Buddhist monasteries ⓘ Buddhist scholars ⓘ Greco-Buddhist art ⓘ surface form: Gandharan art Mahayana ⓘ surface form: Mahayana Buddhism
playedRoleIn	spread of Buddhism to Central Asia ⓘ spread of Buddhism to China ⓘ
predecessor	Vima Kadphises ⓘ
promoted	cultural exchange between India and Central Asia ⓘ long-distance trade ⓘ
regionRuled	northwestern Indian subcontinent ⓘ parts of Central Asia ⓘ parts of Iranian plateau ⓘ
reignEnd	c. 150 CE ⓘ
reignStart	c. 127 CE ⓘ
religion	Buddhism ⓘ initially associated with Iranian deities ⓘ
successor	Vasishka ⓘ
usedLanguage	Bactrian ⓘ
usedScript	Greek script ⓘ

Referenced by (9)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Kushan Empire → ruler → Kanishka I ⓘ

ancient India → notableRuler → Kanishka I ⓘ

subject surface form: Ancient India

this entity surface form: Kanishka

Mathura school of art → associatedWith → Kanishka I ⓘ

Purushapura → associatedWithRuler → Kanishka I ⓘ

Huvishka → predecessor → Kanishka I ⓘ

Fourth Buddhist Council (Kanishka) → patron → Kanishka I ⓘ

Fourth Buddhist Council (Kanishka) → convenedBy → Kanishka I ⓘ

Vima Kadphises → successor → Kanishka I ⓘ

Indian Buddhism → hasHistoricalPatron → Kanishka I ⓘ

this entity surface form: Kanishka