[Pramāṇa](https://indike.org/pramana/) › [Studies](https://indike.org/pramana/ins) › [Reference works](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference) › [A Classical Dictionary of Hindu Mythology and Religion, Geography, History, and Literature](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.dowson-1879) › c5.1875 # A Classical Dictionary of Hindu Mythology and Religion, Geography, History, and Literature c5.1875 A Classical Dictionary of Hindu Mythology and Religion, Geography, History, and Literature c5.1875 - **Language:** English ### [c5.1875](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.dowson-1879.c5.1875) TUKHĀRAS. A northern tribe from whom Tukhāristān obtained its name. They are probably the tribe of Sakas, by whom Bactria was taken from the Greeks. They are also called Tushāras. - [Previous: c5.1874](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.dowson-1879.c5.1874) - [Next: c5.1876](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.dowson-1879.c5.1876) - [Up: c5](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.dowson-1879.c5) --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.dowson-1879.c5.1875](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.dowson-1879.c5.1875) · Pramāṇa