[Pramāṇa](https://indike.org/pramana/) › [Studies](https://indike.org/pramana/ins) › [General history and culture](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.general) › [The Early History of India, from 600 B.C. to the Muhammadan Conquest, including the Invasion of Alexander the Great](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.general.smith-1924) › c28.126 # The Early History of India, from 600 B.C. to the Muhammadan Conquest, including the Invasion of Alexander the Great c28.126 The Early History of India, from 600 B.C. to the Muhammadan Conquest, including the Invasion of Alexander the Great c28.126 - **Language:** English ### [c28.126](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.general.smith-1924.c28.126) It is evident that the Kushān power must have been decadent during the latter part of the long reign of Vāsudeva, and apparently before its close, or immediately after that event, the vast empire of Kanishka obeyed the usual law governing Oriental monarchies, and broke up into fragments, having enjoyed a brief period of splendid unity. Coins bearing the name of Vāsudeva continued to be struck long after he had passed away, and ultimately present the royal figure clad in the garb of Persia, and manifestly imitated from the effigy of Sapor (Shāhpur) I, the Sassanian monarch who ruled Persia from A. D. 238 to 269.² - [Previous: c28.125](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.general.smith-1924.c28.125) - [Next: c28.127](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.general.smith-1924.c28.127) - [Up: c28](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.general.smith-1924.c28) --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/ins.general.smith-1924.c28.126](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.general.smith-1924.c28.126) · Pramāṇa