Hephthalite Empire

Hephthalite Empire was an empire in Afghanistan and the northwest (South Asia) that lasted from c. 450 to 560 CE, about 110 years. Its people spoke Unknown or undeciphered languages (Indus, Minoan, Moche, Nazca, Chavin, Jomon and other unattested languages).

The White Huns ruled from Tokharistan over Sogdiana and parts of the Tarim, killed the Sasanian king Peroz in 484 and took tribute from Persia. A Gokturk and Sasanian alliance destroyed them around 560.

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Facts

Dates

c. 450 to 560 CE

Duration

110 years

Type

Empire

Region

Afghanistan and the northwest, South Asia

Language family

Unknown or undeciphered

Came from

• Kidarites c. 350 to 470 CE

Events in South Asia during its time

• 499 Aryabhata writes the Aryabhatiya

Neighbours in South Asia

• Gupta Empire c. 320 to 550 CE
• Anuradhapura Kingdom 377 BCE to 1017 CE
• Pallava dynasty c. 275 to 897 CE
• Vakataka dynasty c. 250 to 500 CE
• Chalukyas of Badami 543 to 753 CE
• Kamarupa c. 350 to 1140 CE
• Western Ganga dynasty c. 350 to 1000 CE
• Licchavi dynasty of Nepal c. 400 to 750 CE
• Kalabhra dynasty c. 250 to 575 CE
• Maitraka dynasty c. 475 to 776 CE

Elsewhere in the world at the same time

• Byzantine Empire 395 to 1453 CE, Europe
• Byzantine Empire 395 to 1453 CE, Middle East
• Ghana Empire (Wagadu) c. 300 to 1200 CE, North and West Africa
• Kingdom of Aksum c. 100 to 940 CE, North and West Africa
• Moche (Mochica) c. 100 to 800 CE, South America
• Teotihuacan c. 100 BCE to 550 CE, Mesoamerica and Caribbean
• Tiwanaku c. 400 to 1000 CE, South America
• Sasanian Empire 224 to 651 CE, Middle East
• Hunnic Empire c. 370 to 469 CE, Europe
• First Turkic Khaganate 552 to 603 CE, Central and North Asia

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