- The
Yuezhi (Chinese: 月氏; pinyin:
Yuèzhī, Ròuzhī or Rùzhī; Wade–Giles: Yüeh4-chih1, Jou4-chih1 or Ju4-chih1;) were an
ancient people first described in...
- The
Kushan Empire (c. 30–c. 375 AD) was a
syncretic empire formed by the
Yuezhi in the
Bactrian territories in the
early 1st century. It
spread to encomp****...
-
Chandman Shule Khotan Sha- jing
DONGHU SABEANS Ordos culture Dian
culture JIN
YUEZHI Subeshi Wusun SELEUCID EMPIRE MAURYA EMPIRE HAN
DYNASTY XIONGNU PTOLE- MIES...
- to s**** a
military alliance with the
Yuezhi, in
modern Tajikistan.
However to get to the
territory of the
Yuezhi he was
forced to p****
through land controlled...
-
Chandman Shule Khotan Sha- jing
DONGHU SABEANS Ordos culture Dian
culture JIN
YUEZHI Subeshi Wusun SELEUCID EMPIRE MAURYA EMPIRE HAN
DYNASTY XIONGNU PTOLE- MIES...
- the Saka "Sai" 塞): "[The
Yuezhi]
attacked the king of the Sai, who
moved a
considerable distance to the
south and the
Yuezhi then
occupied his lands."...
- Yuandu, it lies
several thousand li
southeast of
Yuezhi. Its
customs are the same as
those of
Yuezhi, and it is low, damp, and very hot. It
borders a...
- The
Sakas were
overthrown in turn by the Da
Yuezhi ("Greater
Yuezhi")
during subsequent decades. The
Yuezhi had
conquered Bactria by the time of the visit...
-
Chanyu defeated Yuezhi again in 162 BCE,
forcing the
westward exodus of
majority of the
Yuezhi survivors (later
known as the
Greater Yuezhi) into Central...
- coins, Hermaeus' rule was long and prosperous, but came to an end when the
Yuezhi,
coming from
neighbouring Bactria,
overran most of his Gr****
kingdom in...