Kushan Empire - Main Kushan Rulers

Main Kushan Rulers

  • Heraios (c. 1 – 30), first Kushan ruler, generally Kushan ruling period is disputed
  • Kujula Kadphises (c. 30 – c. 80)
  • Vima Takto, (c. 80 – c. 95) alias Soter Megas or "Great Saviour."
  • Vima Kadphises (c. 95 – c. 127) the first great Kushan emperor
  • Kanishka I (127 – c. 140)
  • Vāsishka (c. 140 – c. 160)
  • Huvishka (c. 160 – c. 190)
  • Vasudeva I (c. 190 – to at least 230), the last of the great Kushan emperors
  • Kanishka II (c. 230 – 240)
  • Vashishka (c. 240 – 250)
  • Kanishka III (c. 250 – 275)
  • Vasudeva II (c. 275 – 310)
    • Vasudeva III reported son of Vasudeva III,a King, uncertain.
    • Vasudeva IV reported possible child of Vasudeva III,ruling in Kandahar, uncertain.
    • Vasudeva of Kabul reported possible child of Vasudeva IV,ruling in Kabul, uncertain.
  • Chhu (c. 310? – 325?)
  • Shaka I (c. 325 – 345)
  • Kipunada (c. 345 – 375)

Read more about this topic:  Kushan Empire

Famous quotes containing the words main and/or rulers:

    “I had one life. And what did I do? Wasted it in some palooka preliminaries in Spain, just before Hitler and Chamberlain warm up for the main event.”
    —Billy Wilder (b. 1906)

    “No matter what one says, you can recognize only those matters that are equal to you. Only rulers who possess extraordinary abilities will recognize and esteem properly extraordinary abilities in their subjects and servants.”
    —Johann Wolfgang Von Goethe (1749–1832)