The Chronology of India, from the Earliest Times to the Beginning of the Sixteenth Century c5.56
The Chronology of India, from the Earliest Times to the Beginning of the Sixteenth Century c5.56
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The great Yueh-ti, driven westward by the Hiung-nu, establish themselves in Sogdiana by the expulsion of the Sse, Sek, or Śaka tribe, which, thus dispossessed, invades Baktria. The Yueh-ti were found settled north of the Oxus about the year 126 B.C. by Chang K‘ien, ambassador of Wu-ti of the First Han dynasty. After this they captured Lan-chi, the capital of the Ta-hia, and established themselves definitely in Baktria. One hundred years after this conquest Kadphises (Khiu-tsiu-kio), leader of the Kushaṇa tribe, conquered all the rest and destroyed the Greek kingdom in India under Hermaios. The above dates are given on the authority of Specht, but differ slightly from those assigned by other writers.—LIA. ii, 367 ff. JA., 3e série, t. viii, 264; *ib.*, 8e série, ii, 317 ff., and 348. Drouin, RN., 3e série, t. vi, 21, 215. JRAS., N.S., xiv, 77 ff.