Labels

Preferred Label

Kanishka the Great (en), Kanishka (fr), Kanishka (es), Kanishka (it), Kanischka (de)Additional labels

كانيشكا (ar), I Kanişka (az), কণিষ্ক (bn), Kanishka I (ca), Kaniška (cs), Kaniŝka (eo), کانیشکا (fa), Kaniška (fi), કનિષ્ક (gu), कनिष्क (hi), Kanishka (id), カニシカ1世 (ja), ಕನಿಷ್ಕ (kn), 카니슈카 (ko), Kaniška (lt), കനിഷ്കൻ (ml), सम्राट कनिष्क (mr), Kanishka (nb), Kanishka (nl), ਕਨਿਸ਼ਕ (pa), Kaniszka (pl), Канишка I (ru), कनिष्क (sa), Kaniška (sh), Kanishka (sv), கனிஷ்கர் (ta), కనిష్కుడు (te), พระเจ้ากนิษกะ (th), Канішка I (uk), کنشک (ur), Kanishka I (uz), Kanishka (vi), 迦膩色伽一世 (zh)

Alternate Label

Kanishka I (en)

Definitions

en

Kanishka I or Kanishka the Great, an emperor of the Kushan dynasty in the second century (c. 127–150 CE), is famous for his military, political, and spiritual achievements. A descendant of Kujula Kadphises, founder of the Kushan empire, Kanishka came to rule an empire in Bactria extending to Pataliputra on the Gangetic plain.

Roles

Relations

Exact Match

http://d-nb.info/gnd/122841123

Exact Match

http://viaf.org/viaf/18115901

Exact Match

http://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q312544

Exact Match

https://ikmk.smb.museum/ndp/person/963

Exact Match

https://www.freebase.com/m/01l71w

Concept Scheme

http://nomisma.org/id/

Miscellaneous

Part Of

http://nomisma.org/id/greek_numismatics

Part Of

http://nomisma.org/id/indian_numismatics