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Kushanshahr was a province of the Sasanian Empire comprising the region between
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Kushanshahr was a province of the Sasanian Empire comprising the region between Kabul Valley
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and Peshawar Valley
The Valley of Peshawar ( ps, د لوی پېښور وادي; ur, وادئ پشاور), or Peshawar Basin, historically known as the Gandhara Valley, is a broad area situated in the central part of the Khyber Pakhtunkhwa province of Pakistan. The va ...
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Tukharistan
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, and covered the area from Tirmidh
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to Peshawar
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. The establishment of Sasanian rule in Kushanshar permitted the control of Central Asia
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n trade routes. The Kushano-Sasanids
Kushano-Sasanian Kingdom (also called Kushanshahs, KΟÞANΟ ÞAΟ ''or Koshano Shao'' in Bactrian, or Indo-Sasanians) is a historiographic term used by modern scholars to refer to a branch of the Sasanian Persians who established their rule in ...
were in charge of the area. They issued coinage which was following the Kushan standard, due to the traditional importance of trade links with India
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.
Kushanshahr was a pendant to Eranshahr to the West, which was the cradle of the Sasanian Empire.
Sasanian rule ended in Kushanshahr when the area was overrun by the Kidarites and then the Hephthalites.
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