in 240 or 241 AD, and to have converted a Buddhist King, the Turan Shah of India. On that occasion, various Buddhist influences seem to have permeated Manichaeism: "Buddhist influences were significant in the formation of Mani's religious thought. The transmigration of souls became a Manichaean belief, and the quadripartite structure of the Manichaean community, divided between male and female monks (the 'elect') and lay follower (the 'hearers') who supported them, appears to be based on that of the Buddhist sangha" Coinage The Kushano-Sassanids created an extensive coinage with legend in Brahmi, Pahlavi or Bactrian, sometimes inspired from Kushan coinage, and sometimes more clearly Sassanid. The obverse of the coin usually depicts the ruler with elaborate headdress and on the reverse either a Zoroastrian fire altar, or Shiva with the bull Nandi. Main Kushano-Sassanid rulers The following Kushanshahs were: Ardashir I Kushanshah (230–245) Peroz I Kushanshah (245–275) Hormizd I Kushanshah (275–300) Hormizd II Kushanshah (300–303) Peroz II Kushanshah (303–330) Varahran Kushanshah (330-365) Kushano-Sasanian art The Indo-Sassanids traded goods such as silverware and textiles depicting the Sassanid emperors engaged in hunting or administering justice. Artistic influences The example of Sassanid art was influential on Kushan art, and this influence remained active for several centuries in the northwest South Asia. Plates seemingly belonging to the art of the Kushano-Sasanians have also been found in Northern Wei tombs in China, such as a plate depicting a boar hunt found in the 504 CE tomb of Feng Hetu. See also Indo-Parthian References Sources External links Coins of the Kushano-Sassanids Ancient history of Pakistan Ancient history of Afghanistan Sasanian Empire