KUSHAN DYNASTY (Kušān), the line of rulers in Bactria, Central Asia and northern India from the first century CE.

The Kushan kings were succeeded in the third century, in part of the region they had ruled, by the Sasanian princes who governed with the title of “Kushanshah” (see KUSHANSHAHS).

i. Dynastic history

ii. Inscriptions of the Kushans

iii. Chronology of the Kushans

iv. Coinage of the Kushans

v. Archaeology: in Bactria

vi. Archaeology: in India

vii. Language of the Kushans

viii. Religion of the Kushans

ix. Art of the Kushans