- The rule of Kanishka, fifth Kushan king, flourished for at least 28 years.
- Upon his accession, Kanishka ruled a massive territory, covering virtually all of northern India, south to Ujjain and Kundina and east beyond Pataliputra.
- He administered the territory from two capitals: Purushapura (now Peshawar in northern Pakistan) and Mathura, in northern India.
- Kanishka’s era began in 127 C.E., which is used as a calendar reference by the Kushans for about a century, until the decline of the Kushan realm.
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