// Antiquity
Eastern Kushans
- Period
- AD 238 – AD 346
- Duration
- approx. 108 years
- Greatest extent
- around AD 238
- Area (max.)
- approx. 1.2 million km²
Period and duration
Eastern Kushans — according to the map data from AD 238 to AD 346, roughly 108 years. The dates refer to the time the empire is drawn as its own territory on the world map; historians sometimes date its founding and end differently.
Greatest extent
Eastern Kushans — greatest extent around AD 238: the mapped borders then cover about 1.2 million km², roughly 0.8% of Earth's land area. The area is calculated from the border lines of the map and is therefore an approximation.
Predecessors and successors
States that ruled the same territory directly before and after:
Before (AD 237)
After
- Gupta Empire
- Yaudheya Republic
Neighbours around AD 238
The largest states in the region at the same time:
- Sasanian Empire
- Cao Wei
- Western Kushans
- Western Satraps
- Indo-Scythians
Learn more
- Open the world map in AD 238 — tap the empire for a detailed description
- Eastern Kushans on Wikipedia
- All 300 empires at a glance
Borders and dates: Cliopatria / Seshat Global History Databank (CC BY 4.0). Coastlines: Natural Earth. Text: Centaurian.