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Kanin Peninsula
Kanin Peninsula (полуостров Канин), tundra peninsula in Nenets Autonomous Okrug, NW Russia, between the White and Barents Seas; Timan Ridge extension, discontinuous permafrost, reindeer herding, Cape Kanin Nos.
Kanishka
Kanishka I, the Great, Kushan emperor of the early 2nd century CE (era founded 127/8 CE), son of Vima Kadphises; presided over the Kushan zenith, promoted Buddhism, and switched coinage from Greek to Bactrian.
Kanishka Biswas
Kanishka Biswas is an Indian solid state chemist and professor at JNCASR in Bengaluru who develops thermoelectric materials that convert waste heat into electricity, winning the 2021 Shanti Swarup Bhatnagar Prize.
Kanishka casket
The Kanishka casket is a gilded bronze Buddhist reliquary excavated in 1909 at Shah-ji-ki-Dheri near Peshawar, Pakistan, from the great stupa attributed to Kushan emperor Kanishka I, and now held in the Peshawar Museum.
Kanishka era
The Kanishka era (कनिष्क संवत्) is the calendar inaugurated by the Kushan emperor Kanishka I, used by his successors and now usually dated from AD 127.
Kanishka Narayan
Kanishka Narayan, born 1989 in Muzaffarpur, Bihar, is the UK Labour MP for Vale of Glamorgan since 2024, Wales's first MP of colour, and since 20 July 2026 Minister of State for Artificial Intelligence jointly in the Cabinet Office and BIST.
Kanishka Raffel
Kanishka Raffel (born 1964) is an Australian Anglican bishop who has been Archbishop of Sydney since May 2021, the first leader of the diocese not of European descent.
Kanishka statue, Mathura
The Kanishka statue, Mathura is a headless, life-size red sandstone portrait of the Kushan emperor Kanishka I from the second century CE, held in the Government Museum, Mathura.
Kanishka's campaigns
Kanishka's campaigns (कनिष्क के युद्ध अभियान) were the military expeditions of the Kushan emperor Kanishka, fought against Parthia and, by tradition, Chinese-held Tarim Basin cities.
Kanishka's raid on Pataliputra
Kanishka's raid on Pataliputra is a traditional account, preserved in Buddhist sources, of the Kushan emperor Kanishka's invasion of Pataliputra, from which he carried off the scholar Ashvaghosha and the Buddha's begging bowl.
Kanithan (கணிதன்)
Kanithan (கணிதன்), 2016 Tamil action thriller, debut of director T. N. Santhosh, produced by Kalaipuli S. Thanu, starring Atharvaa, Catherine Tresa, and Tarun Arora; a journalist arrested over fake certificates exposes a forged-degree racket; remade in Telugu as Arjun Suravaram.
Kaniyan Pungundranar
Kaniyan Pungundranar was a Sangam-era Tamil poet, remembered for Purananuru poem 192, whose opening line, "Every town is our town; everyone is our kin," is among the most quoted in Tamil literature.
Kanjetar and Kaj
Kanjetar and Kaj are two Harappan coastal settlements near Kodinar in Gujarat, India, whose creek-side locations make them potential ancient ports; Kaj also yielded Roman amphorae.
Kanji
Kanji (漢字) are the Chinese-origin logographic characters of written Japanese, adopted via Korea in the fourth to fifth centuries, read with on and kun readings, and governed by the 2,136-character Jōyō kanji list.
Kanji Tatsumi
Kanji Tatsumi (巽 完二) is the delinquent first-year party member of Persona 4, son of the Tatsumi-ya dye shop, with the Persona Take-Mikazuchi and Emperor Arcana; voiced by Tomokazu Seki and, in Persona 4 Revival, Daman Mills.
Kanjiroba
Kanjiroba is a 6,883 m (22,582 ft) mountain in the Kanjiroba Himal of far western Nepal's Dolpa District, the highest peak of that range, first climbed in 1970.
Kanjō bugyō
The Kanjō bugyō (勘定奉行) were the finance commissioners of the Tokugawa shogunate in Edo Japan, overseeing shogunal finances, taxation of the shogun's lands, and civil litigation.
Kanjogera
Kanjogera was the queen mother of the Kingdom of Rwanda who ruled through her son Yuhi V Musinga from 1896 until her deposition in 1931.
Kanjuruhan
Kanjuruhan was an early Hindu kingdom centered near present-day Malang in East Java, Indonesia, in the 8th century CE, known almost entirely from the Dinoyo inscription of 760 CE.
Kankai ibun
Kankai ibun (環海異聞) is an 1807 Japanese castaway record by the rangaku scholar Ōtsuki Gentaku, recounting the Wakamiya-maru crew's decade in Russia and return, the first Japanese to circumnavigate the globe.
Kankakee River
The Kankakee River is a 130-mile river rising near South Bend, Indiana, and flowing northwest in Illinois to join the Des Plaines River, forming the Illinois River.
Kankaku Pierrot
Kankaku Pierrot (感覚ピエロ) was a four-piece Japanese rock band formed in Osaka in 2013, known for Black Clover theme songs, that disbanded in October 2025.
Kankali Tila, Jain and Chaubara Mound
Kankali Tila, Jain and Chaubara Mound (also Jaini Tila) is a centrally protected archaeological mound in Mathura, Uttar Pradesh, excavated 1870-1896, yielding a 47-foot Jaina brick stupa, two temples, 737 artefacts, and 86 donative Jaina inscriptions.
Kankan
Kankan (Nabaya) is Guinea's second-largest city and largest in land area, chief town of Haute-Guinée on the Milo River; a Mandinka Muslim trade and university centre of 410,542 people (2025 census), distinct from Conakry, Siguiri, and Nzérékoré.
Kankan Region
Kankan Region is an administrative region of Guinea, in Upper Guinea. It is Guinea's largest and most populous region, named after the city of Kankan.
Kankayana Gutika
Kankayana Gutika (Kankayan Gutika), a classical Ayurvedic pill from Bhaishajya Ratnavali (AFI Part-I 12:5) for gulma, krimi, and arsha; dose 500 mg–1 g; rat study found liver and thymus weight decreases at 400 mg/kg.
Kaṅkhā-Revata
Kaṅkhā-Revata (कङ्खा रेवत) was an elder of the early Buddhist sangha, nicknamed "Revata the Doubter" for his doubts about Vinaya permissibility, yet declared by the Buddha foremost among monks practicing absorption.
Kankhajura (कनखजूरा)
Kankhajura (कनखजूरा), also KanKhajura, is a 2025 Hindi SonyLIV crime thriller, an adaptation of the Israeli series Magpie, starring Roshan Mathew as ex-convict informant Ashu and Mohit Raina as his brother Max, set in Goa in eight episodes.
Kankrin's financial system
Kankrin's financial system (Финансовая система Канкрина) was the fiscal and monetary policy of Count Yegor Kankrin, minister of finance of the Russian Empire from 1823 to 1844.
Kankut and batai revenue system
Kankut and batai were two methods of assessing land revenue in pre-colonial north India, especially Punjab, used under the Mughals and Maharaja Ranjit Singh's Sikh state.