Yuezhi Migration and Kushan Empire - Nomads DOCUMENTARY

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Kings and Generals' historical animated documentary series on the history of Ancient Civilizations and Nomadic Cultures continues with a video on the Yuezhi - the nomadic people who were neighbors of the Qin and Han Chinese dynasties and the Xiongnu and Wusun nomads, but were driven to Central Asia. From here the Yuezhi created their Kusha Empire in Central Asia and North India. This migration played a crucial role in the history of India, Iran, Central Asia and Buddhism.
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[@KingsandGenerals]

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[@peymanmostafaei6963]

Do we know anything about the origins of Yuezhi? I've read different theories, some very conflicting. Also, it would be a good idea if you could cover the relationships between Indo-European nomads (Sakas, Yuezhi, Goths) and Turko-Mongolic ones such as Xiongnu or the Huns from their first contact until the Middle Ages or even modern time in a series. Like always, Kudos to you guys.

[@KingsandGenerals]

@@peymanmostafaei6963 Thanks! The most popular assumption is that they were Iranic and spoke Eastern Iranian.

[@saratmodugu4000]

@@KingsandGenerals the yuezhi are thought to have come from Bactria 2000 BC and yuezhi means moon people. Indo aryans under the banner of chandravanshi or moon people according to Hindu Puranas and Ramayana come from Bactria or Bahli under queen/king Ila around the 2nd millennium BC. Connection of the moon people of Bactria?

[@puneetmishra4726]

@@KingsandGenerals Please make a video on how Buddhism and Hinduism spread to east and southeast asia or a video on ancient Indian philosophies and scientific studies.

[@Abhishek-sr2pu]

@Kings and Generals the shātavāhana didn't controlled Kalinga. It was at that time ruled by mahāmeghabāhana dyanasty.

[@al-muwaffaq341]

Had no idea that the Kushan Empire was that big.

[@KingsandGenerals]

There are multiple sources for the maps. I think it is difficult to say what was its real territory, so we decided to show the possible largest extent.

[@asathomm5949]

It wasn’t that big. No evidence for Chorasmia rule, nor for the coastal part of Pakistan and surely not Sogdiana. It is not even the maximum supposed extent because there are sources for Xinjinag Kushan rule and even (from Rabatak inscription) Pataliputra. The main Kushan kingdom was Afghanistan, Mainly northern and easter Afghanistan, Gandhara, Mathura.

[@ajithsidhu7183]

@@KingsandGenerals please do one on the sikh empire

[@lerneanlion]

When I saw the Timurid Empire lost complete control of Iran, I thought that it was too small to be viewed as an empire. But when I saw this video about the Kushan Empire, I quickly changed my mind because an empire that made entirely up from Central Asia and the northwestern portion of the Indian subcontinent like Kabulistan and the Punjub region is definitely not small at all.

[@bobskywalker2707]

I forgot it existed until recently

[@satarjahish]

The Buddha statutes in Afghanistan destroyed by the Taliban were built by the Kushans. In Afghanistan we still have people called Koshanian or Kushanis

[@tentathesane8032]

Sad that the Taliban consider themselves as Afghan nationalists and protectors of Afghan culture, but have caused so much destruction to the rich history of Afghanistan

[@user-fy9el2zu5g]

@@tentathesane8032 They do not call themselves Nationalists lol, they instead have a Religious approach.

[@vitorpereira9515]

One of the statues was an idol and had to be destroyed. But the other was an icon so it was fine. But the talibans are dumb savages incapable of distinguish icon from idol.

[@persiansoundsAfg]

That is Khoistanis not Khushanis.. Khoistan is part of Parwan .. Plus we have genetic test on people from the Khoistan and also Panjshir they score average for regular Pashtuns and Tajiks since Pashtuns and Tajiks score identification besides some Tajiks from northern Afghanistan have high East Asian admixture ..

[@user-xu9ji4dd4e]

@@persiansoundsAfg You are talking about the Turks and the Mongols

[@kuroazrem5376]

I never thought I'd hear the phrase "Kabul was relatively easy to conquer".

[@mohammedafsal1886]

kabul was always easy to conqure, mongols, amaricans, soviets, alaxander, mughals, british and many more have conqured kabul very easily. Afghan cities are very easy to conqure it is the countryside that is hard to conqure, afghan villages are very self sufficient, remote and harsh and for people there war is just a tradition nothing out of normal.

[@aegystierone8505]

"wealthy" ahem....

[@GreaterAfghanistanMovement]

@@mohammedafsal1886 Not true lmao

[@GreaterAfghanistanMovement]

@Kokoro Shimamura Nobody conquered us tho.

[@GreaterAfghanistanMovement]

@Kokoro Shimamura Mongols lost their first ever war in Afghanistan in Parwan. I suggest you read up on the Battle of Parwan on Wikipedia. "Nomadic Central Asians" in ancient times were Iranic not Turkic and most of them originated from Afghanistan. Afghanistan is diverse because many people migrated there from neighboring regions as it was never ruled or colonized by any foreign power in history. Just like people migrated to Germany or USA from their homes to escape war and famine.

[@umayyadball4126]

I didn't even consider this channel ever covering the Kushans, I hardly ever hear about them outside of me actively studying into them. Thanks!! 😁

[@alpharius8264]

To some degree the yare returning to their roots in the past they often covered lesser known chapters of history

[@kumaril05]

stories about Kanishka is very popular in India we have grown up hearing about how he was force behind the spread of Buddhism into the Orient from the Indian heartland

[@umayyadball4126]

@@amargujjar5059 Best I could find on that was a while back (honestly I don't remember where) that they came either from northern Afghanistan or, more likely, the area above it where Turkmenistan, Uzbekistan, and Tajikistan meet. Around Samarkand or Dushanbe.

[@rehanahmed2331]

गौचर गुज्जर गौचरी गुज्जरी भेड़ 🐏 बकरी 🐐 भैंस 🐃 गाय 🐄 चराने वाले चरवाहा बकरवाल खानाबदोश ग्वाला गौचर गुज्जर शूद्र समाज के लोग जॉर्जिया से आए थे हून के साथ भारत में जाकर एनसीईआरटी का इतिहास का किताब पढ़ लेना ओके जाकर अपना डीएनए टेस्ट करवा ले सबको अपना बाप बना लेते हैं।

[@rehanahmed2331]

सम्राट कनिष्क कुषाण यूची जनजाति से थे वह एक बुद्धिस्ट सम्राट था वह चाइना से आया था गौचर गुज्जर भैंस 🐃🐃🐃 चोर गौचरी गुज्जरी बकरी 🐐🐐🐐 चोर इतिहास चोर सरनेम चोर सब को अपना बाप गुज्जर भैंस 🐃🐃🐃 चोर बना देते हैं। क्या बात है बेटा गुज्जर भैंस 🐃🐃🐃 चोर एक मौका मुझे भी दे दो गुज्जरी बकरी 🐐🐐🐐 चोर के साथ गुज्जरी महल में 😁😂😝

[@AngryHistorian87]

While I was aware of the Yuezhi, I was not knowledgeable about their history. Well done as always, K&G.

[@steffanyschwartz7801]

I’m just waiting for the coverage of the Cumans and Pechenegs

[@zydrate5098]

Yup.

[@miri283]

Random Name stfu

[@xanshen9011]

@Peter D They both conquered your ancestors

[@LOL-zu1zr]

@@The_Conqueeftador Mao sees sparrows eating grain* “So you have chosen extinction”

[@Hadrexus]

Oh God I'm CUMAAAAN

[@yoshimansxl]

Berserk fans: They were a real empire?!

[@eedwardgrey2]

Ganiskha was real?

[@Dokja0]

@@eedwardgrey2 yes. His name was Kanishka..

[@karandullet380]

@@Dokja0 why all these names sound Indian....

[@Dokja0]

@@karandullet380 Well, the empire did encompass most of the North India so..

[@morganseaman4557]

@@karandullet380 central asia was more indianized than persianized at the time. After the islamic conquest by the turks central asia became persianized. Iran was a more passive conservative society so it made it easy for India’s buddhism to spread that far. The Kushans had conquered North India so they were even more exposed to Indianization.

[@livecarsonreaction]

I always wondered how Buddhism managed to spread across Asia the way it did. History class boiled the answer down to "trade" or "the Silk Road," but this video clarified the missing link. The Kushan Empire is underrated and not covered enough given its historical significance.

[@jewishmafiosiandganglord6930]

more than Kushans it was the mauryans who spread buddhism

[@krieger8825]

Buddhism united the scattered tribes in Annam, that's says alot considering the cut throat tribal leaders that rule the erea

[@zzzzz653]

Buddhism was already spread out much across Central Asia before the rise of the Kushan empire.

[@tawab.offical774]

What races are descended from the kidarites

[@jommzom9715]

Pretty sure Buddhism was already popular before kushans even the greeks who came before were patronage of Buddhism

[@generalflaviusaetius1997]

Xiongnu king: I annihilated the Great Yuezhi and sent the remaining rabble fleeing thousands of miles. King of the remaining Yuezhi: I annihilated the Saka horde, defeated the Wusun as I fled and sent the rabble fleeing. I then took over all of Central Asia and rule over close to 2 million people from Bactria to the Hindu Kush. King of remaining Saka: I ended the Indo-Greek empire and clashed with the Great Parthian empire. Qin and Han administrators: "Gentlemen, it was nice knowing all of you."

[@Potatoman1578]

Han Dynasty= Level 99 boss, Indo-Greeks= Lvl 1 crook

[@generalflaviusaetius1997]

@Who are you? There's no order in the timeline I have given. It's all in jest. But thanks for pointing this out. I found out a lot of interesting facts about the Wusun. The Wusun king Nandoumi was defeated and killed by the Yuezhi in circa 170BCE. His legendary son, who was said to have been fed by she-wolves and ravens, then had his revenge and defeated and pushed the Yuezhi out of the Northwest China in 132BCE.

[@amartyaraj3211]

Gupta empire:shut ur damn mouth

[@anirudh177]

@@amartyaraj3211 The Guptas conquered the remnants of the Kushan empire and later also did the same with the Sakas in India.

[@amartyaraj3211]

@@anirudh177 gupta threw the kushan out and broke huns

[@VM-is8by]

As an indian...happy to see this...kushans had a great influence in india and rest of asia...budhism thrived in this period

[@nischaymiglani2617]

Even Hinduism ( shivaite sect ) also .

[@vratislavgoldie7386]

They later adopted hinduism as well.

[@pratyushambastha4819]

Kanishka and last kushan king name vasudeva all are hindu sanskrit names. They became great patron of Hinduism and sanskrit

[@maku8075]

@@max-cs9ko no they patronised Buddhism first then convert to Hinduism.

[@yigon5412]

@@maku8075 Buddhism is just a philosophy in hinduism

[@thewanderingrey8830]

11:18 I hope K&G would consider covering the lives and exploit of extraordinary Protector General Ban Chao. He basically was a nobody who came from a family of historians but was ambitious enough that he later was transferred into a cavalry major (from a pencil-pushing position!) and distinguished himself in fights against Xiongnu and later the pacification of the petty oasis states West of Han. He was basically a history nerd turned into a successful general.

[@BygoneChina]

Yuezhi envoys visiting the Chinese capital Luoyang in the year 2 BC gave oral teachings on Buddhist sutras to Chinese students, making them the first carriers of Buddhism into China. This is recorded in the 5th century CE 'The Book of the Later Han'.

[@user-ni1fh8fr9h]

Yuezhi is Turk

[@ShubhamMishrabro]

@@user-ni1fh8fr9h it's not turk but Central Asian tribe in more detail yuzehi

[@ShubhamMishrabro]

@@Dexusaz yes many of the central asian tribes conquered areas in iran, India, china and Europe but Central asia tribes doesn't mean turk only you should correct yourself otherwise Mongolian will call everybody mongols too

[@ShubhamMishrabro]

@@Dexusaz sorry I meant to tag the person above me and mistakenly tagged you

[@user-ni1fh8fr9h]

Relax I just trolling

[@nguyentnhoang]

The clothing of the Chinese emperor @20:25 is historically inaccurate. That is the Qing style, which did not come to power in China until the 17th century.

[@MageWarren]

When I see wrong stuff like that, I wonder what else they get wrong that we don't notice.

[@neocheh7613]

True

[@voidvector]

They also depicted the king of Kashgar with Chinese appearance, I highly doubt that was the case. The king was probably local of Tocharian or proto-Turkic ethnic group. Since there were Chinese military garrisons in the area, If the ruler was somehow ethnic Chinese and he consorted with foreign power for legitimacy, his head would've been chopped off by the military garrison.

[@nguyentnhoang]

@@voidvector yep! Dressing up like that would be seen as claiming the Chinese throne. His attire should have been closer to that of the nomadic folks.

[@Ari3n3]

The Han dynasty-era envoy at 7:47 is a copy of a painting of Qin Shi Huang, regalia and all... Great content as usual - would be even better with accuracy in visual depictions.

[@tikal5897]

Think you forgot the part where the Kushan invaded Midland.

[@TeutonicEmperor1198]

Or when a white haired demon lord associated with hawks destroyed their sultan transforming him into a tree of light

[@glitchyikes]

@@TeutonicEmperor1198 nice reference

[@skaddkas5141]

😔

[@ronb7189]

This invasion could have been avoided had the Midland people just put their grasses on.

[@whathell6t]

Man! I can hear Susumu Hirasawa’s Kajiwotore from reading this thread.

[@radjadawamindra697]

All this time, I was thought that Kushan was a fictional kingdom in Berserk.

[@naitamima8493]

The greatest treasure of the time found in Afghanistan is for the kushan time.

[@lukelim5094]

Ohhhj that was why it sound so familiar

[@firaxolegirein9816]

Even the weapons used by them like "urumi", "chakram" etc exist

[@uzochiokeke4328]

The King of the Kushans was called Ganishka in Berserk :)

[@alkasah4softs129]

"Griffith did nothing wrong" Lol

[@PYRESATVARANASI]

I learned a lot of new stuff, thanks for this interesting and great episode. 💪🏼

[@evanferrarone3481]

Some incredible illustration in the one! Love the lesser known topics and I thought this was well written and paced too. Great job.

[@grapeshott]

I was a fan of Kushan Empire(fan only in an academic sense). It also significantly affected the culture of the Indian subcontinent of the ancient era

[@mishrachabra4471]

Even today, many indian men are named *Kanishk*

[@VM-is8by]

Kanishk is well known ruler....budhism also

[@Chico2798]

@@mishrachabra4471 Yup. One of my friend's name is Kanishka too.

[@PatrickBatefan]

@@amargujjar5059 nope.

[@collin-theonlyandone2299]

@@amargujjar5059 Yuezhi are not gujjars. During the time period of yuezhi, the identity of Gujjars did not even exist. The kushans, and by extension the yuezhi, got assimilated into various central asian, Northern Indian and East asian populations over time. There are no direct descendants so stop with your nonsense

[@aleksapetrovic6519]

Thank you! I was always curious about this era of central Asia, but I could never find good reads that go into much more details!

[@ekopujiraharjo]

There's a legend story here in Indonesia, about Aji Saka, a Prince from India who built the first Javanese civilization.. Yes, perhaps the story of the tribe which during that conquest fled to India then merged or disappeared.. Yet we still have the legacy of Javanese writing system, Javanese Saka Calendar, along with Indian religions, languages and other influences..

[@anirudh8159]

*Hindu And that was kalinga samrajyam's gift to the Javanese people

[@vasluidupaoluna2697]

@@anirudh8159 Tamil and punjaby sikh

[@anantambisht4895]

Indonesia was mini India unless it was forced converted by muslims

[@anantambisht4895]

@@vasluidupaoluna2697 Sikhism is newer.

[@anirudh177]

@@anantambisht4895 That didn't happen though

[@thomasdowe5274]

Your videos enhance the History of the World, and always provide details which inform and hopefully enlighten viewers to understanding more about the how's and why's of history!

[@larinzonbruno9126]

Thank you so much for this wonderful briefing about the Yuezhi and how they became the Kushan. The impact of them in the history is underrated.

[@teovu5557]

The are still in the same region of Afghanistan today as the nomadic Kuchi people

[@qx0ni]

This is awesome! I didn’t even know that this empire existed! I had only heard it’s name mentioned on occasion, so thanks for a great educating clip! :)

[@PillowWillow007]

*"No one's left ... Everything's gone ...! Kharak is burning!"*

[@MrBigCookieCrumble]

Nothing but gravel out here!

[@PillowWillow007]

@@jawharz9759 It seems you ... Did not get the reference.

[@Wubbeyman]

*Agnes Dei plays softly in the background*

[@Heiligskraft]

I'm really glad to see this video come out. The Kushan's are probably one of my favorite empires in the classical period, even with what little direct sources we have.

[@user-xu9ji4dd4e]

The Scythians, I did not defeat the Parthians, they won

[@devangnivatkar2649]

What a coincidence. I was just recently thinking about and reading up on the Kushan Empire! I find their religion particularly intriguing, it being a mix of Buddhist, Greek, Hindu, and Persian.

[@anurag3269]

@ابوالفضل مازنی iranic people has Indian dna. R1a, r1a1

[@pablo81778]

Loved that you mentioned professor Kenneth Harl. My favorite of history professors I've heard lecture.

[@huseyincobanoglu531]

Great documentary, thank you Kings and Generals Team!

[@LightFykki]

Something something, Berserk reference.

[@eldorados_lost_searcher]

Tell me wha Tell me wha Tell me what you want.

[@Tupadre97]

Yes

[@hemidas]

Something something, Homeworld reference.

[@brunomancuso7798]

@@eldorados_lost_searcher I don't know why! i don't know why! You are afreid!

[@VladiSSius]

Ganishka in real-life history : Apt ruler and religious. Ganishka in Berserk : *ate his own capital and it's content*

[@anantambisht4895]

Cutene how you pronounce kanishka as ganishk😂😂

[@Hudramshinzoffy]

@@anantambisht4895 ganishka is English romanisation of Japanese spelling of kanishka

[@seantomlinson3320]

I love your channel but my favorite videos are always about these groups I know too little about. What a terrific history of these crucial peoples.

[@UTubeqaca]

Hi, from Canada 🇨🇦. Learnt a lot from your videos. Thanks!

[@MrOliver1444]

Wow, that was a blind spot at my knowledge and an important one

[@ashwaryp]

I had requested for a documentary about Kushan Empire recently in the video of Battle of Nahavand, and long time ago in another video but didn't expect to see it so soon. Kings and Generals probably had this planned for a long time. Thank you, so much for this amazing documentary. Will you cover the remaining two of the Great Kushans i.e., Huvishka & Vasudeva, the amazing art and syncretic culture of multiple religions and finally the decline of Kushans?!

[@gujjargujrati7325]

Kushan empire and today kasana or kusana are part of gujjar tribe

[@Iskander-MsM]

@@amargujjar5059 do you mean Dalit Emoji were the descendant of Kushan?

[@cocothegoldenretriever5072]

@@amargujjar5059 he's saying that gurjara are descendants of Dalits

[@intsarkhatana]

@@cocothegoldenretriever5072 He himself is a Dalit, Achoot and untouchable that's why he calling others Dalit. Gurjars who ruled India for centuries and Rajputs were born from Gurjars. Gurjars are real Kshatriyas.👑

[@kikaa1884]

Kushan empire was 2.5 million sq km actually it was one of the largest and biggest empire in the world.

[@mohammadarshadalikhan5973]

Amazing,,, Thank You for this video❤️

[@skmakk01]

Thank you for compiling these infos about the various prominent tribal confederations that impacted n made history in Eurasia during that period 👍

[@vajraheart6052]

Kushan empire is highly underrated. They are the main reasons Mahayana Buddhism spread, just as Ashoka the great to Theravada/Hinayana Buddhism. They are the reasons, China, Japan, Korea, Vietnam and also Taiwan, Singapore are Buddhist countries today.

[@18890426]

Singapore? Really?

[@keremdemircan4203]

The most brutal war machine of the antic world: Steppe horse archer.

[@shaka7302]

If you're a medieval warrior, fighting horse back archers from the steppes, in a flat plains area, f-in run

[@Muffinracker]

@@shaka7302 if you still can

[@bastadimasta]

Not the most brutal but the best.

[@aegystierone8505]

Pretty much tanks of the ancient world. War elephants doesn't count lol.

[@RayshiaRoman]

@Peter D LOL

[@Daruliable]

Great video, as always 👍🏽

[@RohitXIII]

I had read about Kushan Empire in my text books but I am really amazed now by listening proper origins, thank you so much k nd g

[@cesareborgia6431]

Another empire I had never heard of... I hope you'll continue to tell their History.

[@Galland780]

0:44 *thicc Kushan Empire*

[@playhouse5732]

Thank you so much for this video.

[@joshuapilling3641]

I was doing research on this when you released it.

[@joych987]

Just how many more steppe people ended up conquering asia

[@47morlock]

Not only Asia .

[@livecarsonreaction]

Yes

[@KingAlton9403]

@@livecarsonreaction Yes

[@47morlock]

@ARYA : officials why are you telling me this for ? Was there a question mark in my post ?🙄

[@vasluidupaoluna2697]

@@47morlock and India was Iran south east Asia was under turkhis iranicii Uyghur kazarii empires kishan second empires of scitians sakha

[@rjrastapopoulos1595]

It's quite fascinating to think that a seemingly localised conflict in northern China and Mongolia led to several big events such as the fall of the Western Roman Empire, destruction of the Indo-Greek empires and introduction of Buddhism in the Far East.

[@user-xu9ji4dd4e]

I count them in awe, my friend, in relation to your Iranian brothers, why?

[@philippeverhoosel2740]

I truly Love Your videos as always. Very interesting did not know about the Yuezhi, Greetings PSG/Philippe

[@MrStelios888]

I the notification bell rings and I instantly rush to watch!!! That simple!!!

[@mvcandyclub3230]

Commenting because Kenneth Harl was my favorite college professor! Great, entertaining educator, and a true expert on all things Roman and Near East antiquity

[@kapilrana5075]

In one of his lectures he said that indus valley civilization was destroyed by aryan invasions..🙄

[@mvcandyclub3230]

Kapil Rana I never took a course on the Indus Valley civ so I can’t speak to his perspective or to the merits of the argument. I will say that every once in a while in class he had an old fashioned opinion, but he was still an excellent lecturer and a real authority on the stuff more firmly in his wheelhouse (Greece, Rome, Vikings). Having one anachronistic opinion does not make a historian bad

[@kapilrana5075]

@@mvcandyclub3230 you are right..i have gone through his barbarian empires of the steppe course and he was brilliant but his knowledge on on india esp pre islamic history of india is a bit outdated..otherwise a really good historian..

[@kapilrana5075]

@@Justiceforall3799 Nope..there is no kind of evidence that supports this theory now..

[@tuko4082]

Lets go, the kushan empire is one of my favorites of all time!

[@msv9932]

Was waiting for your videos 👌🏻👍🏻

[@mahadlodhi]

Great video, never did it occur to me to delve a bit into Kushan empire

[@DragonballBlack]

Thank you for this video. I’ve never heard of this incredible story in history. Such a monumental civilization. Wow.

[@Nicator_]

@@leifstennes9822 He used to be a Total War youtuber, makes sense that he is here.

[@Nicator_]

@@leifstennes9822 Indeed

[@ronjayrose9706]

Wait a minute blackscape what are you doing here I thought you were dbz KZbinr I didn't know you were into history stuff as well

[@youngking2503]

Another great video. If Kings and Generals ever cover the rise of the Comanche or Iroquois I'll freak out

[@mattep74]

Exellent episode. This is complete new history for me.

[@barnettmcgowan8978]

Awesome episode!

[@nervsouly]

OK I'VE DONE IT! After poking fun of Kings and Generals for over a year because of their Raid:Shadowlegends adds, I took pity and downloaded the game from the referral link. The things you do for your favorite history channel!

[@kenneth9343]

In the manga berserk there is a kushan empire.

[@Tupadre97]

Yup and there King is even called Ganishka

[@aryachris1908]

This channel opens your eyes and ears

[@hvamr966]

Very refreshing to learn about something in history i knew nothing about,. thanks Ks n Gs

[@aashish1703]

We learnt to an extent about kushan empire in our history books. But the story of their origin was fascinating.

[@yusufgemedere3383]

Videolarınızı zevkle izliyorum.Başarılarınız devamlı olsun.Türkiye'den selamlar :)

[@arturowagner4728]

How interesting.... I´ve always wanted to know more about the Kushans. Thanks!

[@SingeyLababspa]

Great video , keep it up

[@taotekoncha6275]

Kushans so interesting. Indeed all central Asia history is so interesting

[@qingyangzhang6093]

14:25 Achievement unlocked: Unifying all the -stan countries

[@Darkdaej]

For a long time I wondered where you got your music. Then I bought Civilizations VI.

[@hopeindarktimes9535]

I need to rewatch it again, so much info about something I knew nothing about.

[@Kevin-cz8qj]

Every asian loves kushan empire: it is good relation with China, it is Iranian, it is in Afghanistan, it is a steppe horde, it is indian empire... As Chinese, i am really proud of our historians for recording history as much as they could

[@dolin2012]

Loved this episode. Interesting to see how the ancient world interconnected from Han to Roman Empires

[@ankurantil8917]

Happy that you covered Kushan empire, thanks from India

[@nicolasbustos9686]

great video, missing upon the keystone on the silk road connections

[@napoleonibonaparte7198]

Modu broke the Rule of Two and declared himself the Kush Lord for his new empire.

[@scourgeofgodattila579]

Modu was a Turkic

[@kefkahkefkah]

@@scourgeofgodattila579 "Modu" is wrong reading of old chinese characters, M is B and his name propably was a variant of Bagatur/bagapur as in MO is bog and DU is dur/tur part. Modu is reading done in beginning of 1900 century, old chinese proffesors have clarified the reading.

[@ElBandito]

@@kefkahkefkah Mongolians call him Modun.

[@scourgeofgodattila579]

@@ElBandito Turks call hım Motu

[@kefkahkefkah]

Thats from the same source you know, 19th century they read the same chinese history book, modoun in mongolian or modu in in turkey is not independent name but both from same old chinese spelling. Try reading some new books for correct prounonciation. , modu or modoun was not a name kmow in turkish or mongolian before the 19th/18th century, just a fact try to read more. M in old chinese represent a B sound

[@neieduardodepaula4556]

Please make a video on the battles of the crisis of the 3rd century (Mediolanum, Pavia, Fano)

[@loupiscanis9449]

Thank you , K&G .

[@hpmoxie4660]

Very enlightening! Thanks

[@aives7614]

I am from Modern day Purashapura aka Peshawar and it devastates me to inform you that not even the base of kanishka's stupa remains.

[@hamzaferoz6162]

That and the fact that it's not even original. The base is actually of Third Stupa which was then destroyed by lightning

[@notorious9278]

@Everyone is BJP IT CELL bro! spread your pathetic propaganda somewhere other Chaddilwale sanghi...!!!

[@Sanatani_kattar]

@@notorious9278 that's the truth actually you sLave of arBs culturally

[@BoredBookAddict]

Another awesome video. Anyway, out of curiosity, are you guys planning to cover southeast asian history?

[@waltersgasolinemuseum5430]

you are an artist dude

[@weisthor0815]

just a tiny criticism: please also use the metric system when measurements are involved. i suspect that the majority of your audience doesn´t measure in feet. otherwise one of the best youtube channels out there! thanks!

[@thebeyonder4113]

Kushanas were Tocharians and were already Hindu as mentioned in Kanishka's inscriptions Edit: It is well known history that the Kushana and Hunas in Bharat varsha became Shaivites later, thus I use the word "already" Edit 2: Mihirakula Edit 3: Turki Shahi and the Gardez Ganesha and Khair Khaneh Surya idols and inscriptions found in Gandhara region of modern day Afghanistan constructed by the Turki Shahi Hunah ruler Khingila (not be confused with his predecessor prior to the Nezak Hunah, Khingila of Alchon Hunah)

[@wilhelmreinhardt4643]

Just wondering if we have know for sure now that they're Tocharians? When we were studying about them back in school it's still unconfirmed and they could be either Tocharians, Iranians or some unknown Indo-European group.

[@thebeyonder4113]

@@wilhelmreinhardt4643 Tocharians were of two stock, one Sanskritic and other Avestanic (the Avestanic being some influence from Sogidan who tho were mostly Hindu). It is easily interpolated from the records of Megasthenes, Strabo, Ptolemy, Hiuen Tsang as well as traditional sources, Aitareya Brāhmaṇa, Valmiki Ramayana, Vyas Mahabharata, and ultimately Chinese records of Yeuzhi and inscriptions of Kushanas and Hunas (the latter of whom were of common origin if not the same) which describe the regions of Uttara Kuru (Xinjiang and Eastwards, homeland of Tocharians and Yeuzhi), Uttara Madra (Tajik and beyond), Uttara Balika (Bactria), all of which intersected each other and were mentioned by the Greek and Chinese (Hieun Tsang specifically) chronologists/histographers as being associated by Hindus of Aryavarta (Arya has no racial connotation like fake construct of Aryan, Dahae/Dasa were Iranian tribes who's descendants became Zoroastrians and still exist today). Hiuen Tsang specifically mentions Uttar Kuru to be a Hindu-Buddhist and the Sogidans being largely Hindu which is further proved through various sources as well as their paintings and artifacts. The Khotans which was particularly mentioned to be Hindu kingdom being formed by the descendants of the blind son of Ashoka, assimilated with Tocharians in Uttara Kuru and thus the last remnants of Tocharians were later absorbed by Uyghur Turkics. It might also interest you to know that the Hara Huna tribe where mentioned in Mahabharata, also the inscriptions of Hüis Tolgoi and Bugut found in Mongolia were fully in Brahmi script in the former and half of the latter

[@thebeyonder4113]

@@wilhelmreinhardt4643 Western academia is quite deceptive, most of what you learn in Uni is purposefully half assed

[@thebeyonder4113]

@@wilhelmreinhardt4643 Tokharoi applied by Strabo to one of the Saka tribes from the country on the other side of the Iaxartes, that overran the Greco-Bactrian kingdom in 2nd century BC. Even modern scholars identify Tokharoi with Yeuzhi

[@tasnubarahman6068]

@@thebeyonder4113 huns and kushan were tengrisim and never converted hinduism and kaniska was a buddha

[@0zaree100]

I love this channel and respect the fact you cover a number of histories including it's cultures and battles from around the globe. I too would like to see Cumans - Pechenegs - Kipchaks of the medieval period, or even the Kazan - Astrakhan - Crimean Khanates of early modern period. Even A Mahdist Sudan episode would be good!

[@dizehjvegnomis]

This channel is a treasure

[@KarlNiggol]

Never even heard of this Empire. 🤯🤯🤯🧐🧐🧐🤓 So stopped scrolling and put on the video ASAP. 😀 Great way to start the day. +coffee n crunches. 😉☕😎

[@pratikmaitra8543]

Great video. I have to add that you could have mentioned that the official Indian calendar starts from the Saka era and was created by Kanishka the Great. This calendar was then recommended by the Indian scientist Meghnad Saha to be used as the official calendar of the newly independent Republic of India.

[@dwarasamudra8889]

What calendar do we use now ? Is the Samvat Hindu calendar or something else ? I think nearly every state has its own calendar like the Bengali Calendar and the Tamil Sun Calendar.

[@pratikmaitra8543]

@@dwarasamudra8889 Yes Bengal has its own calendar along with some states, but I believe the only official calendar is the Saka one. As for the astrological and religious calendars I am not too sure which one is used.

[@Shubham-vr5ye]

Wow I didn't know that..thanks

[@mishrachabra4471]

The original *Hindu* calendar is *VIKRAM SAMVAT* (विक्रम संवत) designed by king vikramaditya... The republic of india adopted shak samvat in 1947 as the official calendar because of nehru's staunch anti-hindu ideology

[@Mt7hr_1229]

Kushans were afghans iranics not Indians stop claiming every empire as Indian😂😂

[@nateoroni7487]

one of my favourite pieces of history

[@beachboy0505]

Excellent video thanks

[@johnnyroyal6404]

plz take breaks and slow down when you feel burned or exhausted, i love this channel and i dont want it to be over contened to death

[@user-bi7wv6ry4r]

Unfortunately nomads did not write their history

[@andrewsuryali8540]

Kushans, Sakas, Uighurs, Khitans, Mongols, Turks, Parthians, and Jurchens all did. To be fair, most did so after turning into literate, sedentary empires, but there were exceptions. The Toluid Mongols only started writing down their history on the verge of being forced back into a nomadic life. The Chagataid Mongols never really turned sedentary but wrote down their history regardless. The Uighurs just kept writing down their history regardless of whether their civilization was nomadic or sedentary, and the Khitans wrote down their history on both sides of their empire (the northern Khitans were nomads but the southern Khitans were sedentary rulers of the Liao Dynasty). The problem is that very few of these histories were preserved. The Khitans are an important case in point because we do have many of their historical records left behind but only about half of their Chinese-derived characters can be read today.

[@dogeofgreatness2222]

@@andrewsuryali8540 I think another equally big problem is what other Civilizations write about them. A biased view from an Iranian or a Indian author about the Kushans, will never tell the true story. And I think the biggest problem is verifying the source from the discussed people themselves(truth/glorification) vs sedentary empires (propaganda/mysticism).

[@meilinchan7314]

@@dogeofgreatness2222 : When that hapoens, summon the sociologists, and hand me a spade, please.

[@dogeofgreatness2222]

@@meilinchan7314 sure will my brother ;)

[@user-xu9ji4dd4e]

@@dogeofgreatness2222 My friend, these Iranians are more Iranian than the Chinese

[@rustamsahabuddin5727]

That's why Afghans are a mixture of every nomadic tribes ever, you have hephthalites(haptalis or abdalis) mongols(hazara), saka-scythians(any tribe with -zai in their name) and turks(qizilbashi and uzbeks) and wusun yuezhi too

[@SAMAYDOSTDAR]

I am a hazara not a Mongol do you even have any information about us

[@SAMAYDOSTDAR]

Abdali was a person not a tribe

[@DaniyalKhan-oe7ii]

@@SAMAYDOSTDAR abdali is a tribe... The person you are referring to is Ahmed shah abdali...'ahmed shah' was his name and abdali was his tribe name...

[@puneetmishra4726]

Include Pashtuns too. They were an Iranian tribe. Even natives of Afghanistan and KP province of Pakistan are descended from native Ashvaka tribe.

[@DaniyalKhan-oe7ii]

@@puneetmishra4726 abdali are Pashtuns who are thought to be the white Huns, khiljis are Pashtuns who are thought to be the Turks, yousufzai and some other pashtun tribes are thought to belong to lost tribes of Israel ...well in my opinion Pashtuns tribes are a mix of many races and ethnicities who adopted pashtun culture...

[@pascalheimbach861]

At least, I was waiting for. Do you plan a second part, including Sassanian control and Kidarites ? Thank you.

[@Adam-sh8gc]

Excellent video as always. I would love to see you cover the Dimitriads. Poland-Lithuania's near successful attempt at subjugating Russia.

[@teovu5557]

Yuezhi,hepthalites and the Saka of the east ended up in afghan region where they became subsumed into the pasthun of Afghanistan. Example are the modern afghan tribe Sakzai(sakas),abdali(hepthali),kuchi(yuezhi/kushan).

[@altaftokhi6834]

Bro they were tokhi 😂

[@teovu5557]

@@altaftokhi6834 why u crying?

[@altaftokhi6834]

@@teovu5557 lol why should cry for ?

[@vaevictis5878]

Can you do a video on Pompey and his conquests of the east?

[@user-xu9ji4dd4e]

The Parthians of this person, my friend

[@jl4414]

this channel is fuckin' amazing thank you so much, i'm so glad i found this.

[@BagaturSerdaroglu]

that was soo nice

[@BagaturSerdaroglu]

@@kaldirdimgobegi kesin olmayan birşeyden bahsetmemesi daha doğru

[@scourgeofgodattila579]

@@BagaturSerdaroglu yorumlar Hunlar Moğol diyenlerle dolu :(

[@BagaturSerdaroglu]

@@scourgeofgodattila579 o dönemde o bölgede moğol yok moğollar daha doğuda

[@endless_tragedy7662]

small nitpick 20:24 that is the attire of qing dynasty emperors not han dynasty emperors

[@danshakuimo]

@@JohnKuang-rf6fb But he was Chinese though and at that time it was under Chinese rule right?

[@wilhelmreinhardt4643]

@@danshakuimo Yes, Kashgar was ruled by Han Chinese but if he ever dear putting on the attire of the "Son of Heaven" the Han empire will be knocking on his door real soon.

[@ltmatthewakj2466]

Kipchacks and Cuman please

[@theturkishkhan7282]

Turkic Empires 💪💪💪

[@ltmatthewakj2466]

Xiongnu, Uigyhur khanate, manchu etc

[@ironheart5830]

I love to know them :)

[@kasvinimuniandy4178]

Fascinating!