Claim: Afghanistan is the source of the Kushan Empire, which ruled during the 1st century.
Evidence: The land also served as the source from which the Kushans , Hephthalites , Samanids , Saffarids , Ghaznavids , Ghorids , Khiljis , Mughals , Hotaks , Durranis , and others have risen to form major empires.
The Kushan Empire -LRB- Κυϸανο , Kushano ; कुषाण राजवंश Kuṣāṇ Rājavaṃśa ; BHS : ; 贵霜帝国 , Kušan-xšaθr -RRB- was a syncretic empire , formed by Yuezhi , in the Bactrian territories in the early 1st century.