Successors of Kanishka I Kanishka’s rule lasted for twenty-three years. His immediate successor was Vasishka, who had a short reign and was succeeded by Huvishka. The empire of Huvishk... Read more

Fall of the Parthians and the Kushan Conquest Long before the final catastrophe that ultimately overtook the satrapal line of Chashtana, theKujula kadphises Saka-Pahlava emperors of the nort... Read more

Kharavela of Kalinga The earlier Satavahana empire had a formidable rival in the kingdom of Kalinga, which had thrown off the yoke of Magadha some time after the death of Asoka and risen to... Read more

Successors of the Imperial Mauryas. WITH the fall of the Mauryas, Indian history for the time being loses its unity. The command of one single political authority is no longer obeyed over a... Read more