Ancient History of Central Asia: Yuezhi origin Royal Peoples: Kushana, Huna, Gurjar and Khazar Kingdoms

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Nov 25, 2007 - 1 pages

 The Yuezhi were the Tocharian-speaking inhabitants of the Tarim Basin, making them the easternmost speakers of Indo-European languages in antiquity. They had known a different nomenclature at different places and different time lines. Due to their native places Tokhristan,      they called Tocharian or   Tokharian (Tushar in Indian – Sanskrit Litreture).   This book mainly focused on  Central Asian History during 200 BC and its effects on later history, Role of Yuezhi migration in Ancient History of Central Asia, settlement of Yuezhi after migration and various theories about current  form of  Ancient Yuezhi tribe.  In the later or previous events , these peoples spreaded in whole central asia and stablised many Kingdoms like Kushana, Huna, Gurjar and Khazar .Till now many researches publoished on the history of Great yuezhi tribe but several links are still under dark. In this book, we are trying to compile all happenings as per their timings. We also would like to clarify that motive of this book is not for money making; our approach is only to        attract good schoolers to discuss and research on the great Yuezhi Tribes. Please note that the content of this book primarily consists of articles available from Wikipedia or other free sources online.


Table of Contents

 

1

 Yuezhi/Tochar in Past and Gurjar in Present

1.1

Origin

1.2

Migrations Out of India

1.3

Other theories about meaning of word, Gujjar or Gurjar

1.4

Occupation of Yuezhi

1.5

Evidences of Yuezhi/Tochorian Mummies found in Tarim Besin

1.6

Yuezhi(Tocharians)and other Central Asian People in Indian Literature

1.7

Early Relation of Yuezhi with Xiongnu 

1.8

Starting of Great Migration of Yuezhi (Tocharian)

1.8.1

First War between Xiongnu and Yuezhi

1.8.2

Second War between Xiongnu and Yuezhi

1.8.3

Third War between  Xiongnu and Yuezhi and  Yuezhi Migration

1.8.4

Xiao Yuezhi 月氏or Small Yuezhi

2

2.1

Great Yuezhi Migration (Westward Path)

2.1.1

First Yuezhi– Wusun War

2.1.2

First Scythian-Yuezhi War

2.2

Yuezhi’s Further Migration to South West

2.2.1

Second Yuezhi– Wusun War

2.2.1

Yuezhi Occupy Bectria

2.3

Political Structure of Yuezhi States

2.4

Locations of Yuezhi States

2.5

Zhang Qian's Trip to Central Asia

2.5.1

Zhang Qian's reports

2.5.2

Socond Trip of Zhang Qian

2.6

Political Structure Of yuezhi Kingdom in Bectria

2.7

 Yuezhi-Perthian War

 

2.8

Initial phase of Kushana Kingdom- Change in Politics and Art

3

  Kushana Empire

3.1

Formation of Kushana Kingdom

3.2

Early Kushans

3.3

Territorial expansion of Kushana Kingdom

3.4

Social Structure during Kushana

3.5

Kushan art

3.6

Religions under the Kushans                             

3.7

Cosmopolitanism of the Kushan Regime

3.8

Evidence of Kushana Kingdom

3.9

Decline of Kushana Kingdom

3.9.1

New settlements of Kushans

3.9.2

The Impact of Kushan Extinction

4

Huna

4.1

Description

4.2

The Language

4.3

Who were Huna ?

5

White Huna

5.1

The early appearance of the Hepthelites               

5.2

Hephtalites History

5.3

Hephtalites Kingdoms

5.4

Huns in Central Asia

5.4.1

First War  between Peroz and Hepthelites;

5.4.2

Second War between Peroz and Hepthelites;

5.4.3

Third War between Peroz and Hepthelites;

5.4.4

The Great Persian War, 541-549.

5.4.5

The Hephthalite rullers of Central Asia

5.5

Last Phase of Hepthelites

5.6

Hephthalite Rulers of South Asia

5.6.1

Conquests in Gandhara and northern India

5.6.2

List of Rulers

5.6.3

Important Rulers of the Indo-Huna Empire

5.6.4

The Extermination                                                          

6

Kiderites Huna

6.1

Various Theories of Kidarites by Historians

6.2

Connection with Hepthelites

6.3

The Kidarite kingdom

6.4

Kidarites Kings

6.5

Relation to the "Huns" of Europe

6.6

Relation with Khazars

    6.7

Kidarites and China

7

Xionites

7.1

Origins

7.2

History

7.3

Conquest of Bactria

7.4

Alchon Hephthalite and Huna people

7.5

Red Huns and White Huns

 7.6

Religion

8

Uar

8.1

Origin and migration

8.2

Uar and Hephthalites

9

Northern Huna

9.1

Description

9.2

Iranian Huns

9.2.1

The Huns before Attila

9.2.2

Attila and Bleda's Rise to Power

9.3

History of Northern Huna

9.3.1

Battle of the Catalaunian Plains

9.3.2

Honoria's Proposal

9.3.3

Historical importance

9.3.4

Hunas Invade Italy

9.3.5

Attila's Mysterious Death

9.3.6

Attila's Empire Falls

9.4

The Legacy of Attila the Hun

9.5

Later folklore and iconography

9.6

Appearance and customs

9.7

Language

9.8

Hunnic Descendants in West Asia and Europe

9.9

Relation with Byzantine Empire

10

Khazar

10.1

The Khazars Kingdom

10.2

Origins and prehistory

10.3

Formation of the Khazar state

10.4

History of Khazars

10.4.1

Khazar-Arab war

10.4.2

Khazar religion

10.4.3

Government

10.4.4

Army

10.4.5

Economic position

10.4.6

Khazar coinage

10.5

Extent of influence

10.6

Decline and fall

10.7

Khazars outside Khazaria

10.8

Late references to the Khazars

10.9

Khazar conversion to Judaism

11

Gurjar Pratihar

11.1

Written sources of Gurjar Pratihar Dynasty

11.1.1

Origin Theories

11.1.2

Gurjar Pratihara Branches Relations

11.2

Gurjar Pratihar Rulers

11.3

Expansion of Gurjar Pratihar Kingdom

11.3.1

Conquest of Kannauj and further expansion

11.3.2

Battle of Rajasthan

11.3.3

Gurjar Army

11.4

Decline and downfall of the Pratihara empire

11.5

Later events

11.6

Legacy

11.7

Symbolism of Wild Boar

11.8

Gurjara Pratihara art

12

Chawda Dynasty

12.1

External links

12.2

History

12.3

Relation with Solanki Chalukyas

12.4

Chowtas could be related to Chowda Gurjars of North India  

12.5

Solankis came into existence from Chowda rulers 

12.6

Chowda rulers of Gujarat were jains similar to Chowta rulers of Karnataka  

12.7

Present Status

 

About the author (2007)

Adesh Katariya is a chemical technologist and ancient history articles writer. Major field of study is ancient central Asian kingdoms Yuezhi, Kushana, Huna and Gurjar Pratihar .

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