कुशान साम्राज्य (ग्रीक: Βασιλεία Κοσσανῶν ब्यासिलेइया कोशानोन, ब्याक्ट्रिया भाषा:Κυϸανο , कुशानो; संस्कृत: कुषाण राजवंश; बौद्ध मिश्रित संस्कृत: Guṣāṇa-vaṃśaगुशान वंश, चिनियाँ भाषा: 貴霜帝國, पार्थियन भाषा: Kušanxšaθrकुशानक्षत्र[3]) ऐतिहासिक बक्त्रिया/ ब्याक्ट्रिया क्षेत्रमा रहेका प्राचिन युझी/ रुझी जातिहरूको साम्राज्य हो ।[4][5] कुशानहरूद्वारा शासित ठूला भूभाग अफगानिस्तान[6], पाकिस्तान र भारतमा रहेको थियो ।
ग्रीक भाषा (आधिकारिक भाषा सन् १२७ सम्म) ब्याक्ट्रिया भाषा (आधिकारिक भाषा सन् १२७ पश्चात) अन्य परिचित भाषा: गान्धारी भाषा, चोरास्मी भाषा, पाली भाषा, तुखारा भाषा, प्राकृत भाषा, शक बोली दिव्य भाषा: संस्कृत भाषा
"The Rabatak inscription claims that in the year 1 Kanishka I's authority was proclaimed in India, in all the satrapies and in different cities like Koonadeano (Kundina), Ozeno (Ujjain), Kozambo (Kausambi), Zagedo (Saketa), Palabotro (Pataliputra) and Ziri-Tambo (Janjgir-Champa). These cities lay to the east and south of Mathura, up to which locality Wima had already carried his victorious arm. Therefore they must have been captured or subdued by Kanishka I himself." "Ancient Indian Inscriptions", S. R. Goyal, p. 93. See also the analysis of Sims-Williams and J.Cribb, who had a central role in the decipherment: "A new Bactrian inscription of Kanishka the Great", in "Silk Road Art and Archaeology" No4, 1995–1996. Also Mukherjee B.N. "The Great Kushanan Testament", Indian Museum Bulletin.
"The Rabatak inscription claims that in the year 1 Kanishka I's authority was proclaimed in India, in all the satrapies and in different cities like Koonadeano (Kundina), Ozeno (Ujjain), Kozambo (Kausambi), Zagedo (Saketa), Palabotro (Pataliputra) and Ziri-Tambo (Janjgir-Champa). These cities lay to the east and south of Mathura, up to which locality Wima had already carried his victorious arm. Therefore they must have been captured or subdued by Kanishka I himself." "Ancient Indian Inscriptions", S. R. Goyal, p. 93. See also the analysis of Sims-Williams and J.Cribb, who had a central role in the decipherment: "A new Bactrian inscription of Kanishka the Great", in "Silk Road Art and Archaeology" No4, 1995–1996. Also Mukherjee B.N. "The Great Kushanan Testament", Indian Museum Bulletin.
Runion, Meredith L. (२००७), The history of Afghanistan, Westport: Greenwood Press, पृ:४६, आइएसबिएन9780313337987, "The Yuezhi people conquered Bactria in the second century B.C.E. and divided the country into five chiefdoms, one of which would become the Kushan Empire. Recognizing the importance of unification, these five tribes combined under the one dominate Kushan tribe, and the primary rulers descended from the Yuezhi."
Liu, Xinrui (२००१), Adas, Michael, सम्पादक, Agricultural and pastoral societies in ancient and classical history, Philadelphia: Temple University Press, पृ:१५६, आइएसबिएन9781566398329।