Kujula Kadphises

Kujula Kadphises, the Yuezhi chief, conquered northern India in the 1st century ce. He was succeeded by his son Vima, after whom came Kanishka, the most powerful among the Kushan kings, as the dynasty came to be called. The date of Kanishka’s accession

In its heyday, under Kujula Kadphises (Qiu Juique) during the 1st century ce, this empire extended from the vicinity of the Aral Sea to Varanasi in the Gangetic Plain and southward as far as Nashik, near modern Mumbai. The Kushan were thus able to control the growing transcontinental caravan…