[Pramāṇa](https://indike.org/pramana/) › [Studies](https://indike.org/pramana/ins) › [Archaeology, epigraphy and coins](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.epigraphy) › [The Chronology of India, from the Earliest Times to the Beginning of the Sixteenth Century](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.epigraphy.duff-1899) › c5.85 # The Chronology of India, from the Earliest Times to the Beginning of the Sixteenth Century c5.85 The Chronology of India, from the Earliest Times to the Beginning of the Sixteenth Century c5.85 - **Language:** English ### [c5.85](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.epigraphy.duff-1899.c5.85) Kanishka, Kushaṇa, apparently the successor of Hooēmo Kadphises in North-Western India and the Kābul Valley; probably founded the Śaka era, which seems to date from his coronation in A.D. 78. Under this king and his successors the Skythian power reached its zenith. Kanishka's kingdom extended from Kabulistān to Mathurā, and perhaps farther. According to Hiuen Tsang it included a considerable part of Central Asia, while some evidence exists for its having embraced Gujarāt. In the \*Rājatarangiṇī\* Kanishka is mentioned with the kings Hushka (Huvishka) and Jushka, there represented as his predecessors. Al Bīrūnī calls him Kanik, and says that he conquered Kanyākubja. A Buddhist Council was held during Kanishka's reign under the presidency of Vasumitra (Shih-yu).—LIA. ii, 822, 848 ff., and 1202. CASR. ii, 159; iii, 31; v, 57. ASWI. ii, 31. NC., 3rd ser., xii, 48–9. NO., vol. i, 46. Von Sallet, \*Nachfolger Alexanders\*, 57 ff. Drouin, RN., 3e série, t. vi, 31 ff. BMC., \*G.S.K.\*, Int. 1. Beal's \*Si-yu-ki\*, i, 151, etc. Sachau, \*Alberuni's India\*, ii, 11 ff. BD. 26, note 1. IA. vi, 216; x, 213; xvii, 89. JRAS., N.S., xii, 259. Senart, JA., 9e série, vii, 5; viii, 444 ff.; ix, 5 ff. - [Previous: c5.84](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.epigraphy.duff-1899.c5.84) - [Next: c5.86](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.epigraphy.duff-1899.c5.86) - [Up: c5](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.epigraphy.duff-1899.c5) --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/ins.epigraphy.duff-1899.c5.85](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.epigraphy.duff-1899.c5.85) · Pramāṇa