[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) › c28.62 # The Early History of India, from 600 B.C. to the Muhammadan Conquest, including the Invasion of Alexander the Great c28.62 The Early History of India, from 600 B.C. to the Muhammadan Conquest, including the Invasion of Alexander the Great c28.62 - **Language:** English ### [c28.62](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.general.smith-1924.c28.62) ¹ K. P. Jayaswal is of opinion that the statue of the seated king, discovered close to the statue of Kanishka near Mathurā, is that of Wema Kadphises (Kadphises II) and that Kanishka was the son of Kadphises II. This traverses the opinion put forward in the third edition of this work that Kanishka was not the son of Kadphises II, but of Vajheshka (\*J. B. O. Res. Soc.\*, v, p. 511 and vi, pp. 12–22). If the theories of K. P. Jayaswal in regard to the statue, and the views of Lüders and S. Konow in reference to the Kanishka of the Ara inscription are correct, it seems justifiable to infer that Kanishka was the son and immediate successor of Kadphises II. The difficulty in regard to the 'Nameless King' (\*ante\*, p. 268 n.) is explained by K. P. Jayaswal, by taking 'Kushān' to be the personal name of Kadphises I (\*J. B. O. Res. Soc.\*, vi, pp. 17–19). But this problem requires further elucidation. - [Previous: c28.61](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.general.smith-1924.c28.61) - [Next: c28.63](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.general.smith-1924.c28.63) - [Up: c28](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.general.smith-1924.c28) --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/ins.general.smith-1924.c28.62](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.general.smith-1924.c28.62) · Pramāṇa