Practicing Success
The Kushanas claimed high status by identifying with which of the following? |
Foreign conquerors A variety of deities Intellectual scholars Local tribal leaders |
A variety of deities |
During the first century BCE to the first century CE, the Kushanas, who held dominion over a vast kingdom spanning from Central Asia to northwest India, employed a compelling strategy to assert their elevated status - identifying with various deities. This approach is most prominently exemplified by the Kushanas through the use of inscriptions, textual traditions, and especially their coins and sculptures. |