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Page 707
... Kabul River valley , they crossed the Indus and established the Kushan ( Ku- ṣāṇa ) empire in northwestern India . In its heyday , under Kujula Kadphises during the 1st century AD , this empire extended from the vicinity of the Aral Sea ...
... Kabul River valley , they crossed the Indus and established the Kushan ( Ku- ṣāṇa ) empire in northwestern India . In its heyday , under Kujula Kadphises during the 1st century AD , this empire extended from the vicinity of the Aral Sea ...
Page 727
... Kabul valley of northwestern Pakistan ) and Mathura ( in the Punjab region of northwestern India ) followed along the trade routes and reached not only Bactria but also , at times , Kashmir , Tibet , China , and even the remote oasis ...
... Kabul valley of northwestern Pakistan ) and Mathura ( in the Punjab region of northwestern India ) followed along the trade routes and reached not only Bactria but also , at times , Kashmir , Tibet , China , and even the remote oasis ...
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... Kabul , where he rapidly gained control of the town . He trans- ferred his headquarters to Ghazna in central Afghanistan and established his dynasty there . Few Ghaznavid works of art have survived , but the admirably proportioned and ...
... Kabul , where he rapidly gained control of the town . He trans- ferred his headquarters to Ghazna in central Afghanistan and established his dynasty there . Few Ghaznavid works of art have survived , but the admirably proportioned and ...
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