INDIAN HISTORY

Detailed explanation-1: -Under the leadership of Ardashīr (reigned as “king of kings” 224–241), the Sasanians overthrew the Parthians and created an empire that was constantly changing in size as it reacted to Rome and Byzantium to the west and to the Kushans and Hephthalites to the east.

Detailed explanation-2: -Ardashir I is considered one of the greatest kings of the Near East generally & of the Sassanian Empire specifically. In 224 CE, Ardashir I defeated Artabanus IV in battle, toppling the Parthian Empire (247 BCE-224 CE) and founding his own which he modeled on the success of the earlier Persian Achaemenid Empire.

Detailed explanation-3: -The Sasanian dynasty began with Ardashir I in 224, who was a Persian from Istakhr, and ended with Yazdegerd III in 651.

Detailed explanation-4: -The Sasanian Empire (224–651 A.D.)