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The Cambridge History of India, Vol. I: Ancient India v1.c31.20

The Cambridge History of India, Vol. I: Ancient India v1.c31.20

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The infant son of the Wu-sun king, who was slain by the Yueh-chi in their earlier conflict, had been adopted by the Huns; and when the boy grew up to manhood and became king of the Wu-sun, he with the aid of his protectors led an expedition against the Yueh-chi and drove them into the country south of the Oxus. The result must necessarily have been a further dispersal of the Çakas. A concise summary of events is given in the Chinese encyclopaedia of Ma-twan-lin: