[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) › c29.2 # The Early History of India, from 600 B.C. to the Muhammadan Conquest, including the Invasion of Alexander the Great c29.2 The Early History of India, from 600 B.C. to the Muhammadan Conquest, including the Invasion of Alexander the Great c29.2 - **Language:** English ### [c29.2](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.general.smith-1924.c29.2) | DATE. | EVENT. | | \*\*B. C.\*\* 174 | Death of Hiung-nū chief, Moduk. | | \*c.\* 165 | Expulsion of main body of Yüe-chi horde from Kan-suh by the Hiung-nū. | | \*c.\* 163 | Nan-tiu-mi, chief of the Wu-sun, killed by the Yüe-chi. | | 160 | Death of Hiung-nū chief, Ki-yuk. | | \*c.\* 160–50 | Yüe-chi occupation of the Śaka territory ; Śaka migration. | | \*c.\* 150–140 | Śaka invasion of India. | | \*c.\* 140 | Expulsion of Yüe-chi from Śaka territory by Koen-muo, the young Wu-sun chief, son of Nan-tiu-mi. | | \*c.\* 138. | Reduction of the Ta-hia, both north and south of the Oxus, to vassalage by the Yüe-chi, who begin to settle down. | | \*c.\* 135 | Dispatch by Chinese emperor Wu-ti of Chang-k'ien as envoy to the Yüe-chi. | | \*c.\* 125 | Arrival of Chang-k'ien at Yüe-chi head-quarters, north of the Oxus. | | \*c.\* 122–120 | Return of Chang-k'ien to China. | | \*c.\* 114 | Death of Chang-k'ien. | | \*c.\* 100 | Extension of Yüe-chi settlements to the lands south of the Oxus ; occupation of Ta-hia capital, Lan-sheu, south of the river, probably = Balkh. | | \*c.\* 95 | \*\*Formation of five Yüe-chi principalities, including Kushān and Bāmiān.\*\* | | 58–57 | Epoch of the Mālava or Vikrama era. | | \*c.\* 26 | Indian embassy to Augustus. | | 2 | A Chinese official instructed in Buddhist books by a Yüe-chi king. (\*See\* Franke, \*Türkvölker\*, p. 92 n.) | | \*\*A. D.\*\* 8 | Temporary cessation of intercourse between China and the West. | | 14 | Augustus, Roman emperor, died ; Tiberius acc. | | 23 | End of First, or Early Han dynasty of China. | | 38 | Gaius (Caligula), Roman emperor, acc. | | \*c.\* 40 | Kadphises I (Kieū-tsieū-k'io, Kozolakadaphes, &c.) acc. | | \*c.\* 40–55 | Consolidation of the five Yüe-chi principalities into one Kushān kingdom under Kadphises I ; conquest by him of Kao-fū (Kābul), Ki-pin (Gandhāra), and Pota (? Bactria or more probably Arachosia). | | 41 | Claudius, Roman emperor, acc. | | \*c.\* 45–70 | Destruction of Indo-Parthian power, and gradual conquest of Northern India by Kadphises I. | | \*c.\* 48 | Kadphises I succeeded Gondophernes at Taxila. | | 54 | Nero, Roman emperor, acc. | | \*c.\* 64 | Buddhist books sent for by Chinese emperor, Ming-ti. | | 68, 69 | Galba, Otho, and Vitellius, Roman emperors. | | 70 | Vespasian, Roman emperor, (acc. Dec. 22, 69). | | 73–102 | Victorious career of Pan-chao, the Chinese general, in Khotan, &c. | | 77 | Publication of Pliny's \*Natural History\*. | | 78 | Epoch of the Śaka or Sālivāhana era ; Kadphises I died, aged 80 ; Kadphises II Kushān (Yen-kao-ching, Wema Kadphises, &c.), his son, acc. | | 79 | Titus, Roman emperor, acc. | - [Previous: c29.1](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.general.smith-1924.c29.1) - [Next: c29.3](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.general.smith-1924.c29.3) - [Up: c29](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.general.smith-1924.c29) --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/ins.general.smith-1924.c29.2](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.general.smith-1924.c29.2) · Pramāṇa