- the
history of the
broader Indian subcontinent. The
region was
known as
Puruṣapura in Sanskrit,
literally meaning "city of men".
Being among the most ancient...
- from the [reconstructed]
Sanskrit word "Purushapura" (Sanskrit: पुरूषपुर
Puruṣapura,
meaning "City of Men" or "City of Purusha"). It was
named so by Mughal...
- modern-day Bihar.
According to
later hagiographies, Asaṅga was born in
Puruṣapura (present day
Peshawar in ****stan) in a
Brahmin family,
which at that...
-
Bactra (Balkh)
Herat Alexandria Arachosia (Kandahar)
Bamyan Kabul ****stan
Purusapura Pushkalavati Takshashila Multan Banb****/Barbarikon Debal/Patala India...
- the 5th
century CE
under the
Kushan Empire which had
their capital at
Puruṣapura,
ushering the
period known as Pax Kushana. The
historical narrative of...
-
Ganges and the Jumna, or
probably even Pataliputra.
Capital Peshawar (
Puruṣapura)
Taxila (Takṣaśilā)
Mathura (Mathurā) Common languages Gr**** (official...
-
Second Patriarch; in Chan Buddhism, he is the 21st Patriarch. Born in
Puruṣapura, in the
Gandhara region of
ancient Indian subcontinent,
Vasubandhu was...
- a
UNESCO World Heritage Site in 1980. A
monastery under the
domain of
Purusapura which was also a
center for
Buddhist learning, the
origin of the name...
- on the
Gangetic plain. The main
capital of his
empire was
located at
Puruṣapura (Peshawar) in Gandhara, with
another major capital at Mathura.
Coins of...
- Qiantuowei. On its east, it is
bordered by the
Indus river, and its
capital is
Purusapura. This is the land of
ancient sages and
authors of
Indic sastras, and they...
