- "Peshawar" is
possibly derived from the [reconstructed]
Sanskrit word "
Purushapura" (Sanskrit: पुरूषपुर Puruṣapura,
meaning "City of Men" or "City of Purusha")...
-
stretching from
Surkh Kotal, Kapisa, the
summer capital of the Kushans,
Purushapura (modern Peshawar), the
capital under Kanishka I, Taxila, and Mathura...
- went
through the
cities of the north-west,
primarily Takshashila and
Purushapura (present-day
Taxila and
Peshawar respectively, in ****stan). Takshashila...
- Thatta, now in ****stan)
Pataliputra Pistapura Poona (modern day Pune)
Purushapura (modern day Peshawer, now in ****stan )
Pushkalavati (modern day Charsadda...
- Kashmira.
Hecataeus of
Miletus (549–468)
refers to
Kaspapyros (Kasyapura or
Purushapura, i.e.,
modern day Peshawar) as a
Gandharic city.
According to Gandhara...
-
modern Afghanistan and ****stan). Puskalavati,
Takshasila (Taxila) and
Purushapura (Peshawar) were
cities in this
Gandhara kingdom.
Takshasila was founded...
-
claims possession of the
territory of the
Kushans (Kūšān šahr) as far as "
Purushapura" (Peshawar),
suggesting he
controlled Bactria and
areas as far as the...
-
cities of
Taxila (Takṣaśilā) at
Sirsukh and
Purushapura (modern-day Peshawar)
reached new heights.
Purushapura along with
Mathura became the
capital of the...
- 2nd century, the
Kushan Empire under king Kaniṣka from its
capital at
Purushapura (modern Peshawar),
India expanded into
Central Asia. As a consequence...
-
which was
built by
rulers of the
Kushan empire, who
ruled from
nearby Purushapura (modern Peshawar).
Taxila was
designated a
UNESCO World Heritage Site...
