Kushan Empire

The Kushan or Kaswan Empire was first formed in the early 1st century AD. It was located in Afghanistan, most of Pakistan, Uzbekistan, Tajikistan and parts of northwest India.Hill (2009), pp. 29, 318–350The Dynasty Arts of the Kushans, University of California Press, 1967, p. 5  

The Kushan were a branch of the Yuezhi or tibetian confederation. Previously a nomadic people living in eastern Central Asia, the Yuezhi moved southwest and settled in ancient Bactria.

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