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Years Ago in India
Asoka
(272-231 BC), grandson of Chandragupta, founded the first Indian
empire, including all of modern India except the southern tip,
plus Pakistan, Bangladesh and parts of Afghanistan. Called the
Maurya empire, the capital was at Pataliputra.
Bumped west by the Huns (themselves "bumped" by the
Chinese), a group of Turkic clans, called the Yueh Chi by the
Chinese and the Tochari by the Romans, invaded Afghanistan and
then north India, creating the powerful and mysterious Kushan
kingdom around 50 AD. Kanishka, ruling around 100 AD, was the
kingdom's most famous king, encouraging the spread of Buddhism.
The kingdom was largely destroyed by Shapur I, shah of Persia.
South India was divided between the Kerala, Pandya and Cola
kingdoms.
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