Yuezhi - Wikipedia
The Yuezhi [a] were an ancient people first described in Chinese histories as nomadic pastoralists living in an arid grassland area in the western part of the modern Chinese province of Gansu, during the 1st millennium BC.
Kushan Empire - Wikipedia
The Yuezhi reached the Hellenic kingdom of Greco-Bactria (in northern Afghanistan and Uzbekistan) around 135 BC. The displaced Greek dynasties resettled to the southeast in areas of the Hindu Kush (in present-day Afghanistan and Pakistan) and the Indus basin (in present-day Pakistan and India), occupying the western part of the Indo-Greek Kingdom .
Yuezhi | Central Asia, Nomads, Migration | Britannica
Yuezhi, ancient people who ruled in Bactria and India from about 128 bce to about 450 ce. The Yuezhi are first mentioned in Chinese sources at the beginning of the 2nd century bce as nomads living in the western part of Gansu province, northwestern China.
Fighting Their Way Westward: The Nomadic Yuezhi People
Jan 4, 2016 · The Yuezhi were an ancient nomadic group of people from Central Asia who spoke an Indo-European language. It is likely that most people today are unfamiliar with the Yuezhi Civilization.
Yuezhi | Oxford Research Encyclopedia of Asian History
The ruling dynasty (the core Yuezhi) established a wealthy semi-sedentary pastoralist confederation, based on the export of jade and horses to Zhou dynasty China, and became powerful enough to treat their militarized nomadic neighbors the …
Kushan dynasty | Central Asia, Silk Road, Buddhism | Britannica
Sep 26, 2024 · Kushan dynasty, ruling line descended from the Yuezhi, a people that ruled over most of the northern Indian subcontinent, Afghanistan, and parts of Central Asia during the first three centuries of the Common Era. The Yuezhi conquered Bactria in the 2nd century bce and divided the country into five.
The Yuezhi: Origins, Migration and the Conquest of Northern Bactria
Aug 1, 2008 · The Yuezhi is the first monograph dedicated entirely to a mysterious people of that name who migrated long distances from the western borders of the former Han dynasty to Central Asia.
Kushan Empire (ca. Second Century B.C.–Third Century A.D.)
The name Kushan derives from the Chinese term Guishang, used in historical writings to describe one branch of the Yuezhi—a loose confederation of Indo-European people who had been living in northwestern China until they were driven west by another group, the Xiongnu, in 176–160 B.C.
comprehensive chronological history of the Yuezhi during first millennium BCE. This study analyses most of the evidence currently available - textual, archaeological and numismatic - in an attempt to explain the probable origin of the Yuezhi; …
The Yuezhi: Origin, Migration and the Conquest of Northern …
This book provides a detailed narrative history of the dynasty and confederation of the Yuezhi, whose migration from western China to the northern border of present-day Afghanistan resulted...
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