Date | Event |
B.C. | |
165 | Expulsion of main body of Yueh-chi horde from Kan-suh by the Hiung-nu. |
c. 163 | Nan-tiu-mi, chief of the Wu-sun, killed by the Yueh-chi. |
c. 160 | Yueh-chi occupation of the Saka territory; Saka migration. |
c. 150-140 | Saka invasion of India. |
c. 140 | Expulsion of Yueh-chi from Saka territory by Koen-muo, the young Wu-sun chief, son of Nan-tiu-mi. |
c. 138 | Reduction of the Ta-hia, both north and south of the Oxus, to vassalage by the Yueh-chi, who begin to settle down. |
c. 135 | Despatch by Chinese Emperor Wu-ti of Chang-kien as envoy to the Yueh-chi. |
c. 125 | Arrival of Chang-kien at Yueh-chi headquarters, north of the Oxus. |
c. 122 | Return of Chang-kien to China. |
c. 114 | Death of Chang-kien. |
c. 70 | Extension of Yueh-chi settlements to the lands south of the Oxus; occupation of Ta-hia capital, Lan-sheu, south of the river, probably = Balkh. |
c. 65 | Formation of five Yueh-chi principalities, including Kushan and Bamian. |
57 | Epoch of the Malaya or Vikrama era. |
c. 13 | Indian embassy to Augustus. |
B.C. 2 | The Chinese graduate, King-hien, or King-lu, instructed in Buddhist books by a Yueh-chi king. |
A.D. 8 | Temporary cessation of intercourse between China and the West. |
14 | Augustus, Roman Emperor, died; Tiberius acc. |
c. 24 | End of First, or Early Han dynasty of China. |
38 | Gaius (Caligula), Roman Emperor, acc. |
41 | Claudius, Roman Emperor, acc. |
c. 45 | Kadphises I Kushan (Kieu-tsieu-kio, Kozolakadaphes, etc.) acc. |
c. 45-60 | Consolidation of the five Yueh-chi principalities into Kushan empire under Kadphises I; conquest by him of Kabul (Kao-fu), ? Bactria (Pota), and ? Kashmir (Ki-pin); Hermaios, Greek king in Kabul and Panjab, contemporary. |
54 | Nero, Roman Emperor, acc. |
c. 64 | Buddhist books sent for by Chinese Emperor, Ming-ti. |
68, 69 | Galba, Otho, and Vitellius, Roman Emperors. |
70 | Vespasian, Roman Emperor (acc. Dec. 22, 69). |
77 | Publication of Pliny’s Natural History. |
78 | Epoch of the Saka, or Salivahana era. |
79 | Titus, Roman Emperor, acc. |
81 | Domitian, Roman Emperor, acc. |
c. 85 | Death of Kadphises I, at age of 80; Kadphises II, his son, acc. = Yen-kao-ching, Hima Kadphises, etc.); the “Nameless King,” Soter Meyas, contemporary and subordinate. |
90 | Kadphises II defeated by Chinese general Pan-ch’ao, and compelled to pay tribute to China. |
c. 90-100 | Annexation of Northern India, and destruction of Indo-Parthian power in the Panjab by Kadphises II. |
96 | Nerva, Roman Emperor, acc. |
98 | Trajan, Roman Emperor, acc. |
99 | Arrival of Trajan in Rome. |
105 | Overthrow by the Romans of the Nabataean kingdom of Petra in Arabia; rise of Palmyra; Indian embassy to Trajan about this time. |
116 | Conquest of Mesopotamia by Trajan. |
117 | Hadrian, Roman Emperor, acc.; retrocession of Mesopotamia. |
123-6 | Residence of Hadrian at Athens. |
c. 123 | Kanishka Kushan acc. |
c. 125-30 | Conquest by Kanishka of Kashgar, Yarkand, and Khotan; war with King of Pataliputra. |
131-6 | War of Hadrian with the Jews. |
c. 135 | Conversion of Kanishka to Buddhism. |
138 | Antoninus Pius, Roman Emperor, acc. |
c. 140 | Buddhist Council in (?) Kashmir. |
150 | Junagarh inscription of Rudradaman, Western satrap. |
c. 153 | Huvishka (Hushka) Kushan acc. |
161 | Marcus Aurelius Antoninus, Roman Emperor, acc. |
162-5 | Defeat of Parthian King, Vologeses III, by the Romans. |
175 | Eastern campaign of Marcus Aurelius. |
180 | Commodus, Roman Emperor, acc. |
c. 185 | Vasudeva Kushan acc. |
192,193 | Pertinax and Julianus, Roman Emperors. |
193 | Septimius Severna, Roman Emperor, acc. |
c. 200 | Palmyra created a Roman colony. |
211 | Caracalla, Roman Emperor, acc. |
216 | Parthian expedition of Caracalla. |
217 | Macrinus, Roman Emperor, acc. |
218 | Elagabalus, Roman Emperor, acc. |
222 | Alexander Severna, Roman Emperor, acc. |
226 | Foundation of Sasanian empire of Persia by Ardashir; the death of Vasudeva, the collapse of the Kushan power in India; and the termination of the Andhra dynasty occurred at nearly the same time. |
260 | Defeat of Valerian, Roman Emperor, by Sapor I. |
273 | Capture of Palmyra by Aurelian. |
360 | Successful siege of Amida by Sapor II, with Kushan help. |
Contents merged with page 406 and reformatted.
This collection transcribed by Chris Gage