Who started making Buddha statues in India

After the Kshatrap kings, the Kushan son Vim-kafas was considered by some to be a resident of Cadfisis (35-68 Isan) in the province of Sikyang in China. Kushan is named after the Kuei-Shunang group. Kushan is not a person's name but a name derived from the group Kuei-Shuang. There were five gangs in this group

 A mighty man conquered these five tribes and established the kingdom of Kushan. The name of this mighty man was Kadphisis. It is also called Kushan. Many coins of this king have been found in Kabul. After ruling for 80 years, this great king died.

Emperor Kanishka

His son "Vimakathaphis" succeeded Kushan as king. This is what led to the victory over India. Many coins of this king have been found in Mathura. It was yesterday, Isan 35-68 Cha. An idol has been found in Mathura under which it is written "Maharajo Rajadhirajo Dev Putro Kushan Putra Vem" Many articles and coins have been found for the historical evidence of Kanishka.

  A Buddhist scholar named Kumarat has written a book called "Kalpana Maditika" which is still available in Chinese translation. This book describes Kanishka's victory over India. Another treatise, Siri Dhammapitak Nidan Sut, states that Kanishka conquered Pataliputra and took possession of it. There he met Ashwaghosh, a famous Buddhist scholar, and obtained a begging bowl for the Buddha and built a large stupa for it.

 (This could be important evidence for a settlement on the present Ram temple.) Pataliputra passed through the hands of the Satavahanas due to Kanishka's victory. Kanishka (Isan 78-106), a Buddhist king, had laid a strong foundation for the Buddha Dhamma in China since Vima. After this, "Devaputra Kanishka" becomes the king of this dynasty. He was generous, majestic, and devout. The making of Buddha statues in India started during the time of Kanishka. If it weren't for Kanishka, we probably wouldn't have seen the Buddha statues we see today. Emperor Kanishka's kingdom extended to Afghanistan, Bacteria, Kashgar, Khotan, and Yarkand.

Coins of this king have been found in Rawalpindi, Peshawar, Bahalpur, Jeddah, Mathura, Shravasti, Kaushambi, Sarnath in India. The monk Mahakavi Ashwaghosh had preached the Dhamma to Kanishka. It was Bhikkhu Ashwaghosh Vaishali who advised Kanishka to join the fourth dhamma. As a result of this fourth association, the Buddha Dhamma spread rapidly in China, Japan, Korea, Tibet, and Central Asia. Kanishka was a great conqueror like Alexander, a great warrior like Chandragupta Maurya and a great Dhamma spreader like Emperor Ashoka. Kanishka had two capitals, Kapisha (Kabul) for summer and Purushpur (Peshawar) for winter. Many inscriptions of this great emperor have been found.

Following in the footsteps of Emperor Ashoka on the occasion of the Fourth Sangati, Kanishka donated the state of Kashmir to the Buddhist Bhikkhu Sangh. In the capital Purushpur (Peshawar), a 400-foot-by-150-foot Kanishkastup was built with 25 golden umbrellas. The height of this umbrella was 88 feet. In Kapisha, a large magnificent divine monastery called Rajvihar was built. Along with this, Kanishka had built a large Buddha Vihar in Kanishkapur (Kashmir). The Dhamma of this majestic Buddhist king had the following functions, rules and orders.

1) Helped Dhamma Bhikkhu.

2) Made many idols of Lord Buddha

3) Built a monastery for Buddhist monks.

4) Sent Dhamma propagators to China, Korea, Nepal etc.

5) He convened a Dhamma Sabha in Kanishkapur (Kashmir) and wrote a Dhamma book "Mahavibhasha" based on Dhamma doctrine, which contained 30,000 sagas of 6 lakh 60 thousand words.

6) Sequence of Buddha recitation - tied,

7) Mahathero Ashwaghosh, Bhikkhu Vasumitra, poet Matrichet and Charak Vaidya were given royal patronage.

8) Became the founder and patron of Mahayana sect. He made it a rule to worship Buddha as a deity and an incarnation. It was during his time that Sanskrit was used instead of Pali. Due to all these actions, people started calling Kanishka the second emperor Ashoka.

9) Buddha's begging bowl was brought from Magadha to Purushpur (Peshawar) and a 13 storey high stupa was built and placed in it.

Chinese travelers describe Kushan-era Kashmir as one of the major centers of Buddhist Dhamma and a city of stupas. The tallest stupa (600 feet high) in Jambudvipa was built at Purushpur (Peshawar). The emperor built stupas and monasteries of Buddha statues from Mathura to Bamiyan. This great Buddhist king was ignored by the rulers of India. Such is the history of this glorious Dhamma. Only if we propagate and propagate the history of this Dhamma, the epics in the Puranas will not be true to the people, everyone will be proud that we are the pike of the Buddha Dhamma. The wanderers will return home, all they need to do is narrate the truth and glorious history of the Dhamma.