Coin of Samrat Kanishka III. Circa AD 267–270. Main mint in Taxila. Obverse: King Kanishka standing holding a standard, sacrificing over an altar; trident to left. Greco-Bactrian legend around ϷΑΟΝΑΝΟϷΑΟ ΚΑΝΗϷΚΙ ΚΟϷΑΝΟ
Shaonanoshao Kanishki Koshano "King of Kings, Kanishka the Kushan". ga in Brahmi to right of altar; gho in Brahmi between legs; hu in Brahmi to right of scepter. Reverse: Ithyphallic Oesho (Οηϸο), thought to be Shiva, standing facing, holding a garland or diadem and trident; behind, the bull Nandi standing left; to upper left, pellet above tamgha.[1]
Reign
c. 265 – 275 CE
Coronation
265 CE
Predecessor
Vāsishka
Successor
Vasudeva II
Born
214 CE
Died
278 CE
Spouse
UNKNOWN
Issue
Shaka
Names
Kanishka III
Dynasty
Kushan
Ara
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Location of the Ara inscription of Samrat Kanishka III
Samrat Kanishka III (Greco-Bactrian: ΚΑΝΗϷΚΕKanēške; Kharosthi: 𐨐𐨞𐨁𐨮𐨿𐨐Ka-ṇi-ṣka, Kaṇiṣka; Brahmi: Kā-ṇi-ṣka, Kāṇiṣka; Sanskrit: कनिष्क), was a Kushan emperor who reigned from around the year 265 CE to 270 CE. He is believed to have succeeded Vasishka and was succeeded by Vasudeva II. He ruled in areas of Northwestern India.[2]
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^Frye, Richard Nelson (1984). The History of Ancient Iran. C.H.Beck. p. 344. ISBN 9783406093975.
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begun in 173 BCE, exactly 300 years before the first year of the Era of Kanishka. If that is the case then the Azes era would begin in about 45 BC. According...
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acted as Satraps and Great Satraps in the Mathura region for his successor Kanishka (127–150 CE). In central India, the Indo-Scythians are thought to have...
period. A statue found in Mathura together with statues of the Kushan king Kanishka and Vima Taktu, and bearing the name "Shastana" is often attributed to...
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ga in Brahmi to right of altar; gho in Brahmi between legs; 
hu in Brahmi to right of scepter. Reverse: Ithyphallic Oesho (Οηϸο), thought to be Shiva, standing facing, holding a garland or diadem and trident; behind, the bull Nandi standing left; to upper left, pellet above tamgha.[1]
Kā-ṇi-ṣka, Kāṇiṣka; Sanskrit: कनिष्क), was a Kushan emperor who reigned from around the year 265 CE to 270 CE. He is believed to have succeeded Vasishka and was succeeded by Vasudeva II. He ruled in areas of Northwestern India.[2]