Everything about Tokharistan totally explained
Tokharistan is a name which was given to
Bactria, following its settlement by various Central Asian people in the
2nd century BC.
The first literary mentions of Tokharistan appear at the end of the
4th century in Chinese
Buddhist sources (the Vibhasa-sastra). However the first mention of the
Tocharians appear much sooner, in the
1st century BC, when
Strabo mentions that "the Tokharians, together with the Assianis, Passianis and Sakaraulis, took part in the destruction of the
Greco-Bactrian kingdom" in the second half of the 2nd century BC.
Ptolemy (2nd century) also mentions a large Tokharian tribe in
Bactria, describing the central role of the Tokharians among other tribes in Bactria.
The territory of Tokharistan was identical with
Kushan Bactria, including the areas of
Surkhandarya, Southern
Tajikistan and Northern
Afghanistan.
From the 3rd century to the 4th century, Tokharistan was under the rule of the
Sassanides. Later, in the 5th century, it was controlled by the
Khionits and the
Hephthalites. In the 7th century, after a brief rule under the
Turkish Khaganats, it was conquered by the
Arabs.
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