Kushan Empire

empire in Central and South Asia (30–375 AD)
Organization historical_country Q25979
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Kushan Empire

Summary

Kushan Empire is a historical country[1]. It ranks in the top 4% of historical_country entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (5,860 views/month).[2]

Key Facts

  • Kushan Empire's religion is recorded as Hinduism[3].
  • Kushan Empire is on the continent of Asia[4].
  • Kushan Empire's instance of is recorded as historical country[5].
  • Kushan Empire's instance of is recorded as empire[6].
  • Kushan Empire's capital is recorded as Bagram[7].
  • Kushan Empire's official language is recorded as Greek[8].
  • Kushan Empire's official language is recorded as Bactrian[9].
  • Kushan Empire's currency is recorded as Kushan coinage[10].
  • Kushan Empire's basic form of government is recorded as monarchy[11].
  • Kushan Empire's Commons category is recorded as Kushan Empire[12].
  • 30 marks the founding of Kushan Empire[13].
  • Kushan Empire was dissolved in January 1, 375[14].
  • Kushan Empire's coordinate location is recorded as {'lat': 34.98333333, 'lon': 69.3}[15].
  • Kushan Empire's topic's main category is recorded as Category:Kushan Empire[16].
  • Kushan Empire's Commons gallery is recorded as Kushan Empire[17].
  • Kushan Empire's described by source is recorded as Armenian Soviet Encyclopedia, vol. 12[18].
  • Kushan Empire's replaced by is recorded as Kidarites[19].
  • Kushan Empire's replaced by is recorded as Gupta Empire[20].
  • Kushan Empire's native label is recorded as {'lang': 'grc', 'text': 'Βασιλεία Κοσσανῶν'}[21].
  • Kushan Empire's on focus list of Wikimedia project is recorded as Wikipedia:Vital articles/Level/4[22].
  • Kushan Empire's has works in the collection is recorded as British Museum[23].

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Founding

30 marks the founding of Kushan Empire[13].

Dissolution

Kushan Empire was dissolved in January 1, 375[14].

Why It Matters

Kushan Empire ranks in the top 4% of historical_country entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (5,860 views/month).[2] It has Wikipedia articles in 28 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[24] It is known by 133 alternative names across languages and contexts.[25]

References

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Direct Wikidata claims

  1. [4] . wikidata.org.
  2. [5] . wikidata.org.
  3. [6] . wikidata.org.
  4. [7] . wikidata.org.
  5. [8] . wikidata.org.
  6. [9] . wikidata.org.
  7. [10] . wikidata.org.
  8. [11] . wikidata.org.
  9. [3] . wikidata.org.
  10. [12] . wikidata.org.
  11. [13] . wikidata.org.
  12. [14] . wikidata.org.
  13. [15] . wikidata.org.
  14. [16] . wikidata.org.
  15. [17] . wikidata.org.
  16. [18] . wikidata.org.
  17. [19] . wikidata.org.
  18. [20] . wikidata.org.
  19. [21] . wikidata.org.
  20. [22] . wikidata.org.
  21. [23] . Retrieved . wikidata.org.

Class ancestry

  1. [1] . Wikidata. wikidata.org.

Aggregate / graph-position facts

  1. [2] . Wikimedia Foundation. dumps.wikimedia.org.
  2. [24] . Wikidata sitelinks. wikidata.org.
  3. [25] . Wikidata aliases. wikidata.org.

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  1. 9d ago · Twofivesixbot bot · 2026-05-23 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Official language Greek, Bactrian
    Currency
    Coordinate location {'lat': 34.98333333, 'lon': 69.3}
    Topic's main category Category:Kushan Empire
    + 20 other properties edited (see Wikidata diff for full list)
    "/* wbsetclaim-update-qualifiers:1||1|2 */ [[Property:P8189]]: 987007548474205171, mv to monolingual text names on J9U statements"
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