Political History of Ancient India, from the Accession of Parikshit to the Extinction of the Gupta Dynasty c18.s3.18

c18.s3.18

"In old days the Yue-chi were vanquished by the Hiung-nū. They then went to Ta-hia and divided the kingdom among five *Hsi-h(e)ou* or *Yabgous*,⁴ *viz.*, those of Hsiumi, Shuang-mi, Kuei-shuang, Hsitun and Tumi. More than hundred years after that, the *hsi-hou* or *Yabgou* (*Yavuga*) of Kuei-shuang (Kushān) named K'iu-tsiu-k'io attacked and annihilated the four other *hsi-hou* and made himself king or lord (*Wang*); he invaded Ngan-si (the Arsakid territory, *i.e.*, Parthia) and took possession of the territory of Kao-fou (Kābul), overcame Po-ta⁵ and Ki-pin and became complete master of these kingdoms. K'iu-tsiu-k'io died at the age of more than eighty. His son Yen-kao-tchen succeeded him as king. In his turn he conquered T'ien-tchou (lit. 'India,' on the banks of a great river, apparently the kingdom of Taxila referred to by Philostratos), and established there a chief for governing it. From this time the Yue-chi became extremely powerful. All the other countries designated them Kushān after their king, but the Han retained the old name, and called them Ta-Yue-chi."