Kidarites

Kidarites was a state in Afghanistan and the northwest (South Asia) that lasted from c. 350 to 470 CE, about 120 years. Its people spoke Unknown or undeciphered languages (Indus, Minoan, Moche, Nazca, Chavin, Jomon and other unattested languages).

A Hunnic dynasty named after its first ruler Kidara, which took Bactria and Gandhara from the Sasanians and fought Persia for decades. The Hephthalites pushed it south into Gandhara and then destroyed it.

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Facts

Dates

c. 350 to 470 CE

Duration

120 years

Type

State

Region

Afghanistan and the northwest, South Asia

Language family

Unknown or undeciphered

Capital

Balkh, later Gandhara

Came from

• Kushano-Sasanian Kingdom c. 230 to 365 CE

Became

• Hephthalite Empire c. 450 to 560 CE

Neighbours in South Asia

• Kushan Empire c. 30 to 375 CE
• Gupta Empire c. 320 to 550 CE
• Anuradhapura Kingdom 377 BCE to 1017 CE
• Pallava dynasty c. 275 to 897 CE
• Western Satraps c. 35 to 415 CE
• Vakataka dynasty c. 250 to 500 CE
• Hephthalite Empire c. 450 to 560 CE
• Kamarupa c. 350 to 1140 CE
• Western Ganga dynasty c. 350 to 1000 CE
• Yaudheya confederacy c. 200 BCE to 350 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
• Roman Empire 27 BCE to 395 CE, Europe
• Hunnic Empire c. 370 to 469 CE, Europe

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