The greatest
Kushana king was Kanishka (ca100), whose rule might have embraced a
vast territory from the upper Oxus (Amudarya) River to Varanasi.
Kanishka was a Buddhist and is reputed in Buddhist tradition as one of
the four greatest rulers of India with Ashoka (Magadha),
Menander (Bactria), and Harsha (Kanauj).
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