Wondering how to use Kushan in a sentence? Below are 10+ example sentences from authentic English texts. Including the meaning .
Kushan meaning
A member of an ancient Central Asian tribe; later, a member of the ruling dynasty and people of the Kushan Empire.
Using Kushan
- The main meaning on this page is: A member of an ancient Central Asian tribe; later, a member of the ruling dynasty and people of the Kushan Empire.
- In the example corpus, kushan often appears in combinations such as: the kushan, kushan empire, of kushan.
Context around Kushan
- Average sentence length in these examples: 25.5 words
- Position in the sentence: 7 start, 4 middle, 2 end
- Sentence types: 13 statements, 0 questions, 0 exclamations
Corpus analysis for Kushan
- In this selection, "kushan" usually appears near the start of the sentence. The average example has 25.5 words, and this corpus slice is mostly made up of statements.
- Around the word, main, byzantium, proposes, empire, territories and dominions stand out and add context to how "kushan" is used.
- Recognizable usage signals include extent of kushan dominions under and created a kushan empire around. That gives this page its own corpus information beyond isolated example sentences.
- By corpus frequency, "kushan" sits close to words such as aami, abada and abbottabad, which helps place it inside the broader word index.
Example types with kushan
The same corpus examples are grouped by length and sentence type, making it easier to see the contexts in which the word appears:
The oldest surviving Sanskrit text dates to the Kushan Period (200 CE). (12 words)
He proposes Kushan -o-Ephthalite origin for Pashtuns citation citation but others draw a different conclusion. (16 words)
During the Kushan era the city declined; it did not really revive until the 5th century AD. (17 words)
At the same time, several tribal groups—including in the Huns of Kushan controlled Balkan Province in 91 AD according to Tacitus and later the Alans according to Chinese records —were moving into Turkmenistan from the east and north. (39 words)
Their conversion to Buddhism caused the religion to be associated with foreigners and therefore a decline in its popularity occurred.sfn The Kushan Empire would fall apart by 220 CE, creating more political turmoil in India. (36 words)
During the time period from 90 BC to 30 BC, Yuezhi destroyed the last Hellenistic successor states and, together with the Tokhari, (to whom they were closely related) created a Kushan Empire around 30 AD. (35 words)
Example sentences (13)
Kushan Empire main Kushan territories (full line) and maximum extent of Kushan dominions under Kanishka (dotted line), according to the Rabatak inscription.
Kushans main Kushan territories (full line) and maximum extent of Kushan dominions under Kanishka (dotted line), according to the Rabatak inscription.
These finds show that the Kangju state was associated with the powerful empires of Rome, Byzantium, Kushan and China, which confirms their diplomatic relations and trade along the Great Silk Road.
At the end of the Kushan period, the Empire became much smaller and would have to defend itself from the powerful Sassanid Empire that replaced the Parthian Empire.
At the same time, several tribal groups—including in the Huns of Kushan controlled Balkan Province in 91 AD according to Tacitus and later the Alans according to Chinese records —were moving into Turkmenistan from the east and north.
During the Kushan era the city declined; it did not really revive until the 5th century AD.
During the time period from 90 BC to 30 BC, Yuezhi destroyed the last Hellenistic successor states and, together with the Tokhari, (to whom they were closely related) created a Kushan Empire around 30 AD.
He proposes Kushan -o-Ephthalite origin for Pashtuns citation citation but others draw a different conclusion.
The disunited Kushan and Sassanian kingdoms were in a poor position to meet the threat of a new wave of nomadic, Indo-European invaders from the north.
The famous Kushan king Kanishka promoted Buddhism and during this time Buddhism was exported from Central Asia to China.
The Hephthalites (or White Huns) swept out of Central Asia around the 4th century into Bactria and to the south, overwhelming the last of the Kushan and Sassanian kingdoms.
Their conversion to Buddhism caused the religion to be associated with foreigners and therefore a decline in its popularity occurred.sfn The Kushan Empire would fall apart by 220 CE, creating more political turmoil in India.
The oldest surviving Sanskrit text dates to the Kushan Period (200 CE).
Common combinations with kushan
These word pairs occur most frequently in English texts: