According to Chinese sources, Kanishka invaded china between 73-94 AD, the famous Chinese commander Pan Chou defeated Kanishka. According to Chinese historians, the reason for the war was that, Kanishka had sent a messenger and demanded the marriage of Han princess.

Kanishka, the ruler of the Kushan dynasty included the Great Silk Road in his kingdom and started it for Indians. This trade route passing through Central Asia connected China to the western provinces of the Roman Empire.

Gandhra is noted for the distinctive Gandhra style of Buddhist art, which developed from a merger of Greek, Syrian, Persian, and local artistic influences. This development began during the Parthian Period (50 BC - AD 75). The Gandhran style flourished and achieved its peak during the Kushan period, from the 1st to the 5th centuries. It declined and was destroyed after the invasion of the White Huns in the 5th century.

The first capital of Kanishka was Peshawar (Purushapur) and the second capital was Mathura. Kanishka conquered Kashmir and established a city called Kanishkapur there. Kanishka extended his empire in India up to Magadha and from here he took the scholar Ashwaghosh to Peshawar (Purushapur).

The Milinda Paha is a Buddhist text which dates from sometime between 100 BCE and 200 CE. It purports to record a dialogue between the Buddhist sage Ngasena, and the Indo-Greek king Menander I of Bactria, who reigned from Sagala.

The Junagadh rock inscription of Rudradaman, also known as the Girnar Rock inscription of Rudradaman, is a Sanskrit prose inscribed on a rock by the Western Satraps ruler Rudradaman I. It is located near Girnar hill near Junagadh, Gujarat, India. The inscription is dated to shortly after 150 CE.

The earliest evidence of the poetic style of Sanskrit language written in the Brahmi script is found in the Junagadh inscription from the Girnar mountain in Gujarat. It was engraved by Rudradaman (130-150 AD). Rudradaman renovated Sudarshan Lake (Gujarat), which was built during the Mauryan period. At this time, the prince of Saurashtra province was Suvishakh.

The Satavahanas started the practice of granting tax-free villages to brahmanas and Buddhist monks. The cultivated fields and villages granted to them were declared free from intrusion by royal policemen, soldiers, and other royal officers. These areas therefore became small independent islands within the Satavahana kingdom.

The Indo-Greeks were the first rulers in India to issue coins which can definitely be attributed to the kings. They were the first to issue gold coins in India.

Kharavela was a king of Kalinga in the present-day Odisha, India.