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How did Kushanas of first century BCE exemplify themselves with high status? State any two significant ways.

Kushana rulers projected the notions of kingship and exemplified their high status in two ways:


• They established colossal statues of themselves in a shrine at Mat near Mathura and Afghanistan. This portrayed the divinity of kings.


• They adopted titles such as devaputra or “son of God” as they considered themselves godlike and sons of heaven.


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