Kushanshahr

Kushanshahr

Kushanshahr was a satrapy of the Sassanid Empire. It consisted of Sogdiana down to Peshawar in modern day northwestern Pakistan. [ [http://www.worldhistoryplus.com/history/k/Kushana.htm Kushana] ]

ee also

* Kushana
* Indo-Sassanids
* Kushano-Hephthalites

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