The Early History of India, from 600 B.C. to the Muhammadan Conquest, including the Invasion of Alexander the Great c28.81

c28.81

The ambition of Kanishka, as already observed, was not confined by the limits of India. He is alleged to have engaged in successful war with the Parthians, having been attacked by the king of that nation, who is described by the tradition as 'very stupid and with a violent temper'.³