People / group
Yuezhi
Ancient people of Central Asia known from Chinese histories; driven west by the Xiongnu in the 2nd century BC, they settled in Bactria, where one of their five tribes founded the Kushan Empire.
- Events
- 2 events
- Regions
- Central and Northern Asia
- In the threads
- The Steppe and Central Asia (1st–5th c.)
Events
- Kujula Kadphises founds the Kushan Empirebetween 20 and 50 · Central and Northern Asia
- The burials of Tillya Tepe (the Bactrian Gold)between 16 and 100 · Central and Northern Asia