Yuezhi in Bactria

Yuezhi in Bactria appears on the timeline as a people or culture of Afghanistan and the northwest (South Asia) from c. 130 BCE to 30 CE, a span of 159 years. Its people spoke Unknown or undeciphered languages (Indus, Minoan, Moche, Nazca, Chavin, Jomon and other unattested languages).

Nomads driven west from Gansu by the Xiongnu, the Yuezhi settled north of the Oxus and took Bactria. One of their five clans, the Kushan, later united the rest.

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Facts

Dates

c. 130 BCE to 30 CE

Duration

159 years

Type

People or culture

Region

Afghanistan and the northwest, South Asia

Language family

Unknown or undeciphered

Came from

• Greco-Bactrian Kingdom c. 256 to 120 BCE

Became

• Kushan Empire c. 30 to 375 CE

Neighbours in South Asia

• Kushan Empire c. 30 to 375 CE
• Anuradhapura Kingdom 377 BCE to 1017 CE
• Satavahana dynasty c. 100 BCE to 220 CE
• Indo-Greek Kingdom c. 200 BCE to 10 CE
• Greco-Bactrian Kingdom c. 256 to 120 BCE
• Shunga Empire 185 to 73 BCE
• Early Cholas c. 300 BCE to 300 CE
• Early Cheras c. 300 BCE to 300 CE
• Yaudheya confederacy c. 200 BCE to 350 CE
• Early Pandyas c. 300 BCE to 250 CE

Elsewhere in the world at the same time

• Teotihuacan c. 100 BCE to 550 CE, Mesoamerica and Caribbean
• Roman Republic 509 to 27 BCE, Europe
• Parthian Empire 247 BCE to 224 CE, Middle East
• Roman Empire 27 BCE to 395 CE, Europe
• Xiongnu Empire c. 209 BCE to 93 CE, Central and North Asia
• Ptolemaic Kingdom 305 to 30 BCE, North and West Africa
• Western Han 202 BCE to 9 CE, East Asia
• Eastern Han 25 to 220 CE, East Asia

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