kanizka m. N. of a celebrated king of Northern India (whose reign began in the first century of our era and who, next to Aśoka , was the greatest supporter of Buddhism; his empire seems to have comprised Afghānistān , the Panjāb , Yarkand , Kaṣmīr , Ladak , Agra , Rājputāna , Gujarāt , and Sindh), Rājat.