Kanishka II
Template:Short description Template:Use dmy dates Template:Infobox royalty Template:Kushan rulers Kanishka II (Brahmi: 𑀓𑀸𑀡𑀺𑀱𑁆𑀓; Template:IAST) was one of the emperors of the Kushan Empire from around 232-247 CE. He succeeded Vasudeva I who is considered to be the last great Kushan emperor.<ref name="KR202"/>
RuleEdit
While he upheld Kushan rule in northern India, it is likely that Kanishka II lost the western part of his empire, namely Bactria/Tokharistan to the Sasanian Shapur I (240-272 CE), whose conquests would be consolidated by the Kushano-Sassanians.<ref name="KR202">Template:Cite book</ref> In his inscriptions at Naqsh-e Rostam Shapur now claimed that he controlled the realm of the Kushans (Kūšān šahr) "up to Pašakibur (i.e. Purushapura)" (Peshawar), suggesting that he may have expanding even beyond the Hindu-Kush at the expense of the Kushans.<ref name="KR202"/> The rock inscription at Rag-i-Bibi further support this view.<ref name="KR202"/>
Several overstrikes by the Kushano-Sasanian Peroz I Kushanshah over coins of Kanishka II are known, and it is from the time of Peroz that the first Kushano-Sasanian coins were issued south of the Hindu-Kush.Template:Sfn
Kanishka II may have retaken control of Gandhara at one point, as well as Kapiśa, and there are suggestions that following these successes he may have created a second Era of Kanishka in celebration of the hundredth anniversary of the original one.<ref name="KR202"/>
Coinage and dated statuaryEdit
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Coin of Kanishka II with Oesho.
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Kanishka II with Ardoksho.
- Hariti (Gandhara).jpg
Statue of Hariti from Skarah Dheri, Gandhara, with the inscription "Year 399", probably in the Yavana era, hence 244 CE.<ref name="PC">Template:Cite book</ref>
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