A brief guide to Kushan history: Contents and index.

General Areas Click on one of these topic areas to see a list of pages in the Brief Guide with Information.	General History Further Information Topics in Kushan History Military History1997 Chronology1997 Glossary1999 Bibliography Sources for Kushan History
General History of the Kushan period This essay is divided into several major periods and provides a general introduction to Kushan History	The Chinese and the Yu-chi1999 Bactria:Alexanders easternmost legacy1999 Yu-chi in Bactria and their neighbours1999 Foundations of the empire:Kajula and Wima1999 The trading empire:Wima Kadphises, Kanishka, Huvishka and Vasu Deva1999 The Later Kushans, Kushanshahs, Kidarites1999 Kemal Hassan's History of Pakistan 1999
Further Information	Finding Out More 2004 Reviews of Books Contacting the author
Short Topics in Kushan History Each of these essays is on one topic of Kushan History. If you are interested in coins you should also see the section on numismatics.	Sapadbizes and West Bactria (2001) Ideals of Beauty in Indian Art (2007) Epigraphic Evidence for Women (2001) The Fourth Buddhist Council (2001) Was Huvishka the Sole Ruler of the Kushan Empire 2000 The Date of Kanishka (2004, 1997) A Short Note on the Saeculum (2005) Is the Azes Era to be dated to 58BC? (2004) The Minor Indo-Parthian Eras (2005) The Great Scythian Wave (1997) Can Paleography Date Inscriptions? (2005) Problematic readings: The Castana Inscription and Professional Women (2005)
Numismatics Coins are one of the most important sources for Kushan History. The study of coins were the first clues to the Kushan rulers and has since given historian a knowledge of social, economic and political history.	Introduction to Kushan Coins 1999 The Devaluation of Huvishka's Coinage 2005 Overstrikes of Phraates IV 2001 The Propoganda of Kajula Kadphises 1999
Bibliography	Women in Ancient India Ideals of Beauty The Date of Kanishka Sapadbizes The Brahmi Inscriptions
Sources for Kushan History There are many literary and epighraphic sources for Kushan History. On the right are listed some of the sources on the Keele site. There are also a number of other sources in the literature section	The Brahmi Inscriptions, (2005) Inscription List, (2004) The Life of Apollonius of Tyana and Acts of Thomas: Western Saints in Eastern Lands, (2007) Strabos Geography1997 11.8.2 The invasion of Bactria 1997 11.8.6 Customs of the Massagetae 1997 The life of Apollonius of Tyana1997 II,6 The Nomads of Kabul 1997 II,12 Elephants in Indian Warfare 1997 II,20 The town of Taxila 1997 II,24 Phroates of Taxila 1997 Periplus Mari Erythraie 1997 Section 38: The Indo-Parthians 1997 Section 39: The port of Barbarikon 1997 Section 47: The kingdoms of Northern India1997 The Shih Chih and the Hou Han Shu 1997 SC 123.5b Description of Bactria 1997 HHS 118.9a The Country of the Yu-chi 1997 HHS 118.9b Description of northern India1997 HHS 118.10b Yu-chi occupation of Northern India 1997 HHS 77.7a Kushan conflicts with China 1997