The Early History of India, from 600 B.C. to the Muhammadan Conquest, including the Invasion of Alexander the Great c26.s1.34

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A horde of nomads, named the Yüe-chi, whose movements will be more particularly described in the next chapter, were driven out of North-western China about 170 B. C., and compelled to migrate westwards by the route to the north of the deserts.¹ Some years later, before 160 B. C., they encountered another horde, the Sakas or Se, who occupied the territories lying to the north of the Jaxartes (Syr Daryā) river, as already mentioned.²