The Historical Inscriptions of Southern India (collected till 1923) and Outlines of Political History c8.29

c8.29

B.C. 58. [This date has been accepted by some authorities as marking the beginning of the reign of the Kushan King Kanishka; but there has been much controversy on the point. Vincent Smith makes his accession as late as A.D. 120. At any rate the year 58 B.C. is remarkable as that of the establishment of the ‘Vikrama’ era in chronology. Kanishka’s kingdom in the end included the north-west of India as far east as Benares, and the country southwards to Sindh. His capital was Peshawar.]