Realm · 238–259

Western Kushans

Western Kushans appears on the map from 238 to 259. At its greatest recorded extent, in 238, it covered about 684,686 km².

One of the realms of Kushan Empire. The Kushans descended from the Yuezhi, nomads driven from western China by the Xiongnu, who settled in Bactria (northern Afghanistan) in the 2nd century BCE. In the 1st century CE Kujula Kadphises united the five Yuezhi clans and crossed the Hindu Kush into northern India.

See Western Kushans on the map in 238 →

On the map

238–259

Greatest extent

238, about 684,686 km²

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Wikipedia: Kushan Empire · Wikidata Q25979