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Kanishka , fl. c.AD 120, king of Gandhara . He was the most powerful and renowned ruler of the Kushan dynasty, one of the five tribes of the Yüeh-chih who had divided (1st cent. BC) Bactria among them. Earlier Kushan kings had extended their dominion into N India, and Kanishka ruled over an empire that stretched from the Pamirs to Bengal. His capital was at Peshawar. A patron of Buddhism, he built many Buddhist monuments, helped found the Gandharan school of sculpture, and encouraged the spread of Buddhism to central Asia. Author not available, KANISHKA. , The Columbia... Read more

Kanishka
Kanishka Kushan ruler Kanishka (flourished c. 78-c. 103 A.D.) controlled an empire covering most...blossoming of Buddhist iconography, sculpture, and architecture. Kanishka was the greatest ruler of the Kushan Empire, a realm that covered... Read more

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or Kanishka (flourished 1st century ) Greatest king of the Kushan dynasty that ruled over the northern part of the Indian subcontinent, Afghanistan... Read more

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	A perfect arrangement The wedding invitations were printed before Kanishka and Sancheeta ever met. The Naperville couple admits their arranged marriage was a gamble, but, so far, they say it's paying off.(Series: The New Suburban Mosaic: A monthly look at our ever- changing melting pot)(Suburban Living) ; ...Friedman Miner Daily Herald Staff Writer Kanishka Chaudhuri got down on one knee to propose...Roy's eyes, or hold her hands in his. Kanishka was in Cleveland at the time; she was...phone. When co-workers heard later that Kanishka had proposed, they thought he was nuts... Read more
	Canadian Prime Minister to attend Kanishka service ; ...to mark the 20th anniversary of the Kanishka tragedy. On June 23, 1985 - which will...passengers aboard the Air-India Boeing 747 Kanishka perished in a mid-air explosion over...initiative came after 100 members of the Kanishka victims' families met for over two hours... Read more
	The Kanishka Bombing, 20 Years On; LEST WE FORGET ; ...Lata Pada would have been aboard the Kanishka, like her husband Vishnu and their daughters...spiritually" - when his mother boarded the Kanishka, The tragedy shaped what he is - a criminal...she lost her mother Barsa Kelly in the Kanishka bombing. Her father, a "very private... Read more
	Kanishka blast accused plead not guilty ; ...in British Columbia Supreme Court On the opening day of the Kanishka bombing trial April 28, Ripudaman Singh Malik and Ajaib Singh...for killing all 329 people aboard an Air-India Boeing 747, Kanishka, June 23, 1985. Eight counts - including first-degree murder... Read more
	September 11 casts a shadow on Kanishka bombing trial ; Din, Suleman India Abroad 03-01-2002 The trial of three Khalistani suspects in the Air-India Kanishka bombing is just months away, and as pretrial hearings for evidence now take place, observers of the case say the specter of the... Read more
	Kanishka accused says he is broke ; ...India Abroad 08-15-2003 Ripudaman Singh Malik, charged with first-degree murder of more than 300 people aboard Air-India's Kanishka in June 1985, says he's broke and needs help to pay legal bills amounting to hundreds of thousands of dollars. Malik is known... Read more
	PATTERN AND PERSPECTIVE KANISHKA RAJA'S ICA INSTALLATION BENDS SPACE AND TIME ; ...first, you'll recognize where you are in Kanishka Raja's painting installation at the Institute...this work." This exhibition "Momentum 3: Kanishka Raja," granted to the artist when he...the ICA awarded him its annual prize. "Kanishka was chosen for the inventiveness of his... Read more
	Kanishka: Why were the surveillance tapes destroyed? ; ...indicated that before the bombing of Air-India Flight 182 (Kanishka) on June 23, 1985 (and the explosion which killed two baggage...Mounted Police, which was investigating the explosions aboard the Kanishka and Narita airport. The CSIS has to gather intelligence information... Read more
	Kanishka: The families' agony ; ...the country, in the hope that the two men charged with murder and conspiracy to plant a bomb and blow up the Air-India 747 Kanishka on June 23, 1985 would be held guilty. When the verdict came March 16 in a highly secure and packed courtroom, he looked at... Read more
	Kanishka Raja ; These 18 small canvases initially appear to depict the same vaguely modern space: suspended orange light fixtures, bookshelves, a big TV screen, a pair of doors. But differences quickly become apparent-floor tiles are laid at divergent angles, televisions transmit changing pictures, lights blaze at Read more

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