<P> Emperor Kanishka was a great patron of Buddhism; however, as Kushans expanded southward, the deities of their later coinage came to reflect its new Hindu majority . </P> <P> They played an important role in the establishment of Buddhism in India and its spread to Central Asia and China . </P> <P> Historian Vincent Smith said about Kanishka: </P> <P> He played the part of a second Ashoka in the history of Buddhism . </P>

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