and his territory also included Kashmir, where there was a town Kanishkapur (modern day Kanispora), named after him not far from the Baramulla Pass and which still contains the base of a large stupa. The Buddhist text Sridharmapitakanidanasutra--known via a Chinese translation made in AD 472--refers to the conquest of Pataliputra by Kanishka.

Knowledge of his hold over Central Asia is less well established. The Hou Hanshu,