Kushan (clan)
''Kushan'' or Kushana may refer to: * Kushan Empire, an Indian empire * Kushan art, the art of the Kushan Empire * Kushan coinage, the coinage of the Kushan Empire * Kushan script, a partially deciphered writing system, used to record a language related to Bactrian * Kushan Nandy, an Indian film producer * Kushana Bush, a New Zealand artist * Kushana Bha, Hindu mythological king * Kushan-e Pain, village in Sistan and Baluchistan, Iran See also * Kusha (other) * Kashan (other) * Kasana (other) Kasana may refer to: * Kasana, Iran, a village in Iran * Panjan kasana, a town in Pakistan * Vipin Kasana, Indian athlete See also * Roman Catholic Diocese of Kasana–Luweero The Roman Catholic Diocese of Kasana–Luweero () is a dioce ...

Kushan Empire
The Kushan Empire (– CE) was a Syncretism, syncretic empire formed by the Yuezhi in the Bactrian territories in the early 1st century. It spread to encompass much of what is now Afghanistan, Eastern Iran, India, Pakistan, Tajikistan and Uzbekistan. Kushan territory in India went at least as far as Saketa and Sarnath, now near Varanasi district, Varanasi in Uttar Pradesh, where inscriptions have been found dating to the era of the Kushan emperor Kanishka the Great. The Kushans were most probably one of five branches of the Yuezhi confederation, an Proto-Indo-Europeans, Indo-European nomadic people of possible Tocharians, Tocharian origin, who migrated from northwestern China (Xinjiang and Gansu) and settled in ancient Bactria. The founder of the dynasty, Kujula Kadphises, followed Iranian and Greek cultural ideas and iconography after the Greco-Bactrian tradition and was a follower of the Shaivism, Shaivite sect of Hinduism. Two later Kushan kings, Vima Kadphises and Vasudeva ...
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Kushan Art
Kushan art, the art of the Kushan Empire in northern India, flourished between the 1st and the 4th century CE. It blended the traditions of the Greco-Buddhist art of Gandhara, influenced by Hellenistic artistic canons, and the more Indian Mathura art, art of Mathura. Kushan art follows the Hellenistic art of the Greco-Bactrian Kingdom as well as Indo-Greek art which had been flourishing between the 3rd century BCE and 1st century CE in Bactria and northwestern India, and the succeeding Indo-Scythian art. Before invading northern and central India and establishing themselves as a full-fledged empire, the Kushans had migrated from northwestern China and occupied for more than a century these Central Asian lands, where they are thought to have assimilated remnants of Greek populations, Greek culture, and Greek art, as well as the languages and scripts which they used in their coins and inscriptions: Greek language, Greek and Bactrian language, Bactrian, which they used together with t ...
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Kushan Script
The unknown Kushan script (''écriture inconnue'' in French, ''neizvestnoe pis’mo'' in Russian, both meaning unknown lettering) is a Undeciphered writing systems, partially deciphered writing system and abugida, Right-to-left script, written from right to left. According to a 2023 analysis by Bonmann et al. hypothesizes that the language recorded is either "a missing link between Bactrian language, Bactrian, Sogdian language, Sogdian, the Saka language, Saka languages, Old Ossetic/Alanic and ‘Old Steppe Iranian’," and represents the native language of northern Bactria adopted by the Da Yuezhi, Dà Yuèzhī after their intrusion into the area, or if "the language has more affinities with Sakan and perhaps ‘Old Steppe Iranian’, this will imply that it belongs to a more easterly, steppe-related environment, befitting the original home of the Dà Yuèzhī/Kushans in the grasslands of Gansu." It was used in parts of Central Asia between 600 and 200 BCE (depending on the age of ...
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Kushan Nandy
Kanishka Kushan Nandy, (better known as Kushan Nandy) is an Indian film producer, writer and director. He produces films under the banner of the current entertainment house Movies by the Mob. He turned independent director in television, went on to making documentaries, music videos and advert films following which he turned his focus onto his passion of directing Hindi feature films. Career He turned independent director in television for Doordarshan, Zee TV and Shahra TV. He went on to making documentaries, music videos and advert films following which he turned his focus on to directing Hindi feature films. His first feature film was 88 Antop Hill, starring Atul Kulkarni followed by Hum Dum which received mention at various film festivals in India and overseas. Following this Kushan produced and directed documentaries and short films for International partners in North America, Hong Kong and United Kingdom. His film Babumoshai Bandookbaaz, starring Nawazuddin Siddiqu ...
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Kushana Bush
Kushana Bush (born 1983) is a New Zealand artist based in Dunedin. She was born in Dunedin and is best known for her paintings which typically blend historic and contemporary styles. Bush has won several awards for her works and has held international exhibitions. Work and career Bush's gouache on paper paintings are known for their level of meticulous detail, use of flattened perspective, decorative patterning, and chalky colors. Her unique style of painting blends influences from the history of figurative art, drawing on medieval illuminated manuscripts like the book of hours, through to Giotto's frescoes, Japanese Shunga art, Mughal painting, Persian miniatures, Dutch religious paintings, Korean still life and folk art. The English painter Stanley Spencer is also a key influence for the artist, as are facets of global popular culture and fashion. As curator Lauren Gutsell explains: "These disparate sources bind Bush's works to both the past and the present; the historical ...
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Kushanabha
Kushanabha () is a king featured in Hindu texts. He is described to be the king of the Amavasu dynasty and belongs to the Chandravamsha line. He is stated to be the son of Kusha. Kushanabha is believed to be the founder of the city Mahodaya (Regarded to be present-day Kannauj). Legend Marriage Gritachi was an accomplished dancer. Kushanabha was infatuated with her after seeing her dance. He married her and had 100 daughters with her. He married the 100 sisters to Brahmadatta, the founder of Kampilya and son of Chuli Rishi and the apsara Somada, in turn the daughter of the apsara Urmila. Birth of Gadhi Kushanabha had 100 daughters but no male successor to his throne. So, he started worshipping the deity Indra and performed austerities wishing to have a son like Indra. At last, Indra Indra (; ) is the Hindu god of weather, considered the king of the Deva (Hinduism), Devas and Svarga in Hinduism. He is associated with the sky, lightning, weather, thunder, storms, rains, r ...
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Kushan-e Pain
Kershan-e Pain () is a village in Hiduj Rural District of Hiduj District, Sib and Suran County, Sistan and Baluchestan province, Iran. Demographics Population At the time of the 2006 National Census, the village's population was 1,061 in 269 households, when it was in Saravan County Saravan County () is in Sistan and Baluchestan province, Sistan and Baluchestan province, Iran. Its capital is the city of Saravan, Iran, Saravan. History After the 2006 National Census, Hiduj District, Hiduj and Sib and Suran District, Sib .... The following census in 2011 counted 1,554 people in 391 households, by which time the district had been separated from the county in the establishment of Sib and Suran County. The 2016 census measured the population of the village as 1,654 people in 389 households. It was the most populous village in its rural district. See also Notes References Populated places in Sib and Suran County {{SistanBaluchestan-geo-stub ...
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Kusha (other)
Kusha may refer to: * Kusha, One of the lineages of Chandravamsha Kshatriyas * Kusha-shū (Buddhism), one of six schools of Japanese Buddhism in the Nara period * Kusha (Ramayana), in Hindu mythology, one of the twin sons of Lord Rama and Sita * ''Desmostachya bipinnata ''Desmostachya bipinnata'', commonly known as halfa grass, big cordgrass, and salt reed-grass, is an Old World perennial grass, long known and used in human history. The grass is tall, tufted, leafy, perennial grass, branching from the base, erec ...'' (Kusha), a tall tufted perennial grass * Kucha (woreda) in Ethiopia, sometimes transliterated as "Kusha" * Ab Bid-e Kusha, a village in Hormozgan Province, Iran * Chasbaz-e Kusha, a village in Hormozgan Province, Iran * " Kusha Las Payas", a 2003 song performed by the Andalusian-Spanish pop group Las Ketchup * Lava Kusha, 1963 film by C. S. Rao and C. Pullaiah See also * Kusa (other) * Kush (other) * Lava Kusa (other) {{di ...
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Kashan (other)
Kashan is a city in Isfahan Province, Iran. Kashan may also refer to: * Qashan, a historical city in Volga Bulgaria and Khanate of Kazan *Kashan, alternate name of Jaleq, a city in Sistan and Baluchestan Province, Iran * Kashan, Alborz, a village in Alborz Province, Iran * Kashan, East Azerbaijan, a village in East Azerbaijan Province, Iran * Kashan, Hormozgan, a village in Hormozgan Province, Iran * Kashan, Khuzestan, a village in Khuzestan Province, Iran *Kashan County, an administrative subdivision of Isfahan Province, Iran *Kashan (Peru), a mountain in Peru *Magaliesberg, a mountain range in South Africa, formerly known as the Kashan or Cashan mountains See also *Kashani Kashani or Qashani (), often shortened to Kashi or al-Kashi (), is a surname meaning a person who comes from Kashan, Iran. It is also used as a feminine given name. Notable persons with that name include: People Surname * Abū Zayd ibn Muḥammad ...