A History of Agriculture in India v1.c33.s5: Kushans
A History of Agriculture in India v1.c33.s5
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Kushans
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The close of the second century B.C. was a period of great turmoil in central Asia. On account of a severe drought, the tribes were fighting for their survival and there was a keen competition for the possession of pasturelands. In such a struggle, a tribe known as the Yueh-Chi was pushed out by the Hiung-nu tribe. They, in their turn, pushed out the Sakas from Bactria where they settled.
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Kushan was the name of one of the five Yueh-Chi subtribes. About A.D. 40 arose a leader among the Kushans, Kadphises I, who conquered the Kabul Valley and all the area west of the Indus. His successor Kadphises II
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IRON OBJECTS
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Fig. 185. Iron agricultural implements excavated from the Bhir mound, Taxila, 300 B.C. to A.D. 100; 182-190 are hoes with chisel-like blades; 191-197 are spuds with broad blades like that of khurpa; 198, a true spade; 200-202 are weeding-forks; 203-206 are sickles (From Taxila, Vol. III, by Sir John Marshall)