A. Royden D'souza

The story of ancient Israel/Judea/Palestine is not a simple unfolding of a single ethnic or national destiny. Rather, it is a layered fabric of continuous habitation, punctuated by migrations, elite manipulation of ritual and genealogy, and a protracted, contested fusion of indigenous and external traditions.

The Kushan Empire (circa 30-375 AD), is one of the four great powers of the ancient world alongside Rome, Parthia, and Han China. The Kushans, originating as nomadic Yuezhi tribes from the Gansu corridor of northwestern China, constructed a vast and prosperous empire that spanned from Central Asia to northern India, becoming the pivotal civilizational hub of the Eurasian continent.