Minerals and Metals in Ancient India v1.c22.7

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| 58 BC | Azes I, Scythian Era |
| 38 BC | Azes I conquers Taxila, Seālkoṭ etc. |
| AD 5 | Azes II in Taxila |
| AD 25 | Gondophernes, the Parthian Ruler (East Iran) defeats Azes II and conquers Taxila |
| AD 40 | Visit of St. Thomas to the court of Gondophernes (AD 19-45) |
| AD 50 | Kuṣāṇa power emerges from Bactria |
| AD 60 | Vimā Kaḍphises occupies Taxila and pushes the Parthians down the Indus Valley. He introduces gold in place of silver currency on the standard of Roman aurei. |
| AD 78 | Beginning of Kuṣāṇa era by Kaniṣka I |
| AD 89 | Empire extended to Lower Indus. |
| ~ AD 100 | Periplus reports ‘Parthians continually expelling each other’ (allusion to fight with Kuṣāṇas). Trajan of Rome fights the Parthians, destroys their silk route and thus indirectly helps Kuṣāṇas. |
| AD 101 or before | Kaniṣka acquires Ākara (diamond) region of East Malwa (Panna area) from the Sātavāhanas. |
| AD 230 | Sassanid (Iran) power defeats Kuṣāṇas. |
| AD 320-21 | Gupta era. First year of the reign of Candragupta I |
| AD 350-58 | Shapur II establishes Sassanid empire at Taxila. Introduces copper money. |
| AD 380-414 | Candragupta II Vikramāditya finally crushes the Śakas. |
| AD 390 | Kidāra dēfeats the Sassanians and re-establishes Kuṣāṇa stronghold over Taxila |
| AD 400 | Fa-Hien visits Taxila |
| AD 460-70 | The white Hūṇas attack and destroy Taxila. The city never recovered. |
| AD 629-45 | Hiuen-Tsang visits desolate and half-ruined Taxila. |