Turk Shahi dynasty

E915126

Buddhist-influenced polity Hindu-influenced polity dynasty ruling house

The Turk Shahi dynasty was an early medieval ruling house of Kabul and Gandhara, known for its Buddhist and Hindu influences and its role as a frontier power between the Islamic Caliphates and the Indian subcontinent.

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Predicate	Object
instanceOf	Buddhist-influenced polity ⓘ Hindu-influenced polity ⓘ dynasty ⓘ ruling house ⓘ
approximateEnd	9th century ⓘ
approximateStart	7th century ⓘ
artStyle	Buddhist iconography on coinage ⓘ Hindu iconography on coinage ⓘ
capital	Kabul NERFINISHED ⓘ Kapisa NERFINISHED ⓘ
country	Kabul Shahis NERFINISHED ⓘ
culturalSphere	Central Asian ⓘ Indic ⓘ
currency	gold coins ⓘ silver coins ⓘ
engagedWith	Abbasid Caliphate NERFINISHED ⓘ Umayyad Caliphate NERFINISHED ⓘ
ethnicOrigin	Turkic NERFINISHED ⓘ
flourishedIn	early medieval period ⓘ
frontierWith	Indian subcontinent ⓘ Islamic Caliphates NERFINISHED ⓘ
knownFor	Buddhist and Hindu patronage ⓘ control of Kabul and Gandhara ⓘ resistance to early Muslim expansion in eastern Afghanistan ⓘ
languageUsed	Bactrian (on some inscriptions and coins) ⓘ Sanskrit (in regional context) ⓘ
mainUrbanCenter	Gandhara NERFINISHED ⓘ Kabul NERFINISHED ⓘ
notableRuler	Barha Tegin NERFINISHED ⓘ Fromo Kesaro NERFINISHED ⓘ Tegin Shah NERFINISHED ⓘ
politicalRole	frontier power between the Islamic Caliphates and India ⓘ
politicalStatus	independent kingdom ⓘ
predecessor	Nezak Huns NERFINISHED ⓘ
region	Gandhara NERFINISHED ⓘ Kabul NERFINISHED ⓘ Kabul Valley NERFINISHED ⓘ Kapisa NERFINISHED ⓘ Zabulistan NERFINISHED ⓘ northwestern Indian subcontinent ⓘ parts of eastern Afghanistan ⓘ
religion	Buddhism ⓘ Hinduism ⓘ
religiousInfluence	Buddhist ⓘ Hindu ⓘ
strategicLocation	Hindu Kush region NERFINISHED ⓘ routes between Central Asia and India ⓘ
successor	Hindu Shahi dynasty NERFINISHED ⓘ

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Hindu Shahi dynasty → predecessor → Turk Shahi dynasty ⓘ