Kushan

noun

Ku·​shan

ˈküˌshän

plural Kushan or Kushans

: a Saka people invading India from central Asia, formerly having a ruling house with control extending over northwest India, much of present-day west Pakistan, and the Ganges valley to Benares, and eventually becoming absorbed as Kshatriyas or Sudras

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