Kushan Period: Abhilasha Jha
Kushan Period: Abhilasha Jha
Kushan Period: Abhilasha Jha
ABHILASHA JHA
MAP
Capital :Mathura Peshawar ,
Begram
Taxila
Language(s):Pali ,Prakrit,
Bactrian
Sanskrit,Greek
ReligionBuddhism ,Hinduism
, Zoroastrianism,Greco
-Buddhism Ancient
Greekreligion
Government:Monarchy
CurrencyKushan Drachm
INTRODUCTION
The Kushan Empire originally formed in the
early 1st century AD under “Kujula
Kadphises”.
During the 1st and early 2nd centuries AD the
Kushans expanded rapidly across the northern
part of the Indian subcontinent as far
as Saketa and Sarnath near Varanasi.
INTRODUCTION
Main Kushan rulers :
Kujula Kadphises (ca 30 – ca 80)
Vima Taktu or Sadashkana (ca 80 – ca 95)
Vima Kadphises (ca 95 – ca 127)
Kanishka I (ca 127 – ca 140)[
Vāsishka (ca 140 – ca 160)
Huvishka (ca 160 – ca 190)
Vasudeva I (ca 190 – ca 230)
COSTUME
FOREIGN KUSHAN
MIXTURE OF FOREIGN & RULER
INDEGINOUS GARMENT
GUARDIANS &
ATTENDENT
brooch
Jeweled net ,brooches and decorative hairpins were found in that era. Strings of Ashoka and
mimosa tree were also used to to symbolize love and get protection from evil eye .
HEADGEAR &HAIRSTYLE:MEN
•When bareheaded, the hair
was worn in a topknot or in
the shape of a bow, often
softened by curls on the
forehead or at the nape
especially in the northwest.
•Fillets or bands tied on the
forehead were common.
MAULI
•The Scythian pointed cap
was frequently used as was
the crown or mukuta.
•Men started to have short
hairs.
•The common man used
his kayabandh or uttariya t
o form a casual turban on
the head against the sun
JEWELLARY
DISC TYPE
KUNDALA
PENDENT TYPE
RING TYPE
JEWELLARY
KANTHA
MUKUTA
HARA
VALLAYA (bracelet)
KEYURA(armlet)
ANGULIYA
MEKHALA
NUPURA (anklet)
MILITARY COSTUME
Antariya : worn in kachchastyle Antariya : transparent calf-length
and worn in the lehngastyle
Armour : chain armour made of Armour : scale armour with V-
scale or rhombus-patterned neck and short sleeves; the skirt
plaques, fastened together with portion is of square-linked design
strings the end of the sleeves, and of mid-thigh length
waist and hem are Tunic : Visible at the hem and
strengthened with cording; the sleeves
skirt portion is made of parallel Equipment : sword belt with flat,
rows of rectangular plaques short sword; strap across the
Mauli : turban made of twisted chest, round shield with patterned
roll of cloth design
Equipment : round shield and
spear Mauli : turban wound several
times and tied at the right side
ABHILASHA JHA
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