The Travels of Marco Polo · Character
Kanishka
Also known as King Kanishka, Kanerkes
- Supporting
- First seen · Book 1 · Ch. 66
Kanishka is introduced through the scale of his influence: a king whose name is linked to a great Buddhist gathering. The account gives no portrait of the man himself, leaving an impression of authority shaped by what he patronized.
- Gender
- male
- Age
- Adult (1st-2nd century)
- First appears
- Book 1 · Ch. 66
- Books
- 1
Kanishka is remembered here as a great king who gathered the Fourth Buddhistic Council in Kashmir and patronized Buddhism. Beyond that historical role, the account supplies no personal relationships, inner life, or arc of change.
Description
No bodily features are supplied by the text. Kanishka’s height, build, complexion, hair, eyes, face, and clothing remain unspecified; he is identified as a king and patron of Buddhism.
Story so far
BOOK 1The Travels of Marco Polo — Volume 1
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