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Hephthalites

The Hephthalites or Ephthalites (Bactrian: ηβοδαλο, romanized: Ebodalo), sometimes called the White Huns (also known as the White Hunas, in Iranian as the Spet Xyon and in Sanskrit and Prakrit as the Sveta-huna), were a people who lived in Central Asia during the 5th to 8th centuries CE, part of the larger group of Eastern Iranian Huns. They formed an…

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Capital
Kunduz (Walwalij, Drapsaka, or Badian) · Balkh (Pakhlo)
Common languages
Bactrian (official) · Sogdian (Sogdiana) · Turkic · Chorasmian · Prakrit
Historical era
Late antiquity
Religion
Manichaeism · Zoroastrianism · Nestorian Christianity
Status
Nomadic empire
• Disestablished
560 Principalities in Tokharistan and the Hindu-Kush until 710.

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Hephthalite seals

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Alchon Huns

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Hephthalites

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related to Name and ethnonyms · 45
Hephthalites → Abdel, According, Aman, An, Arabic, Armenians, Avdel, Bactrian, Byzantine Greek, CE, Ebodalo, Ebodalo Yabghu, Ephthalîtai, Greek, Habtal, Haiethal, Haital, Hayaṭila, Haytal, Heithal
related to Possible descendants · 42
Hephthalites → Avars, CE, Central Asian, Chahamanas, Chattopadhyaya, Chauhans, Csóhán, Europe, European, Guhilots, Gupta, He, Hepthalites, Historians, Huna, Hunas, Hungarian, Hunnic, Huns, India
related to Alchon Huns · 41
Hephthalites → According, Alchon Hun Hunas, Bactria, Beckwith, CE, Central, Central Asia, Emperor Skandagupta, From, Gandhara, Gupta Emperor Bhanugupta, Gupta Empire, Historians, Hunas, Hūṇas, In, In India, India, Indian, Kalidasa's Raghuvaṃśa
related to Further reading · 40
Hephthalites → Abdelai, Acta Antiqua Academiae Scientiarum, Akademiai Kiado, Arab, Budapest, Byzantines, Darmstadt, Dickens, Die Geschichte Zentralasiens, Encyclopaedia Iranica, Fasc, Geschichte, Grignaschi, Hans Wilhelm, Haussig, Hayatila, Hephthalite Dans Les Sources, Hua, Hungarica, II
related to Buddhas of Bamiyan (544–644 CE) · 36
Hephthalites → Afghanistan, After, Among, Bamiyan, Bamyan, Buddhas, Carbon, CE, Corinthian, Dunhuang, Eastern Buddha, Gandhara, Golden Chariot Rising, He, Heaven, Hephthalite, His, In, India, Iranian
related to Local populations under the Hephthalites · 35
Hephthalites → Ambassador, Ambassadors, Balkh, CE, China, Chinese, Chinese Southern Liang, Emperor Yuan, Etienne, He, Hephthalite, Iranian, Jingzhou, Kabadiyan, Kings, Kobadiyan, Kucha, Kumedh, Liang, Periodical Offering
related to External links · 33
Hephthalites → Ancient Chinese Historical Works, Armenian Manuscripts, Article, Central Asia, Century, Charles Norton Edgcumbe, Chinese, Coins, Columbia Encyclopedia, Dr, Encyclopædia Britannica, Ephthalites, February, HephthalitesHephthalite, History, Kashmir Smast Kingdom- Waleed, Mehmet Tezcan, Mehmet TezcanRecords Relevant, October, Richard Heli
related to Hephthalites in Tokharistan (466 CE) · 31
Hephthalites → Alchon Hun, Alchon Huns, Another, Around, Bactria, Bactrian, Baghlan, Balkh, CE, Eastern Tokharistan, Gupta Empire, Hephthalite, Hepthalites, India, Kadag, Kadagstan, Kidarites, King, Kingdom, Kings Peroz
related to Chinese chronicles · 30
Hephthalites → Ancient, Another, Bahua, Book, CE, Chinese, Da Yuezhi, Eastern Han, Gaoju, Hephthalite, History, Hua, Jushi, Kangju, Liang, Northern Dynasties, Northern Wei, Pei Ziye, The, The Chinese
related to Hephthalite conquest of Sogdiana (479 CE) · 29
Hephthalites → Akhshunwar, Alternatively, As, Asbar, Balkh, Bukhara, CE, China, Chinese Empire, Empire, Hephthalite, Herat, Hippodamian, Kidarites, Kobadiyan, Liang Zhigongtu, One, Oxus, Panjikent, Peroz

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ce hephthalite chinese tokharistan huns sasanian empire century also bactrian may turks first known bactria liang according central northern turkic

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HephthalitesCapitalKunduz (Walwalij, Drapsaka, or Badian)1.00infobox
HephthalitesCapitalBalkh (Pakhlo)1.00infobox
HephthalitesCommon languagesBactrian (official)1.00infobox
HephthalitesCommon languagesSogdian (Sogdiana)1.00infobox
HephthalitesCommon languagesTurkic1.00infobox
HephthalitesCommon languagesChorasmian1.00infobox
HephthalitesCommon languagesPrakrit1.00infobox
HephthalitesHistorical eraLate antiquity1.00infobox
HephthalitesReligionManichaeism1.00infobox
HephthalitesReligionZoroastrianism1.00infobox
HephthalitesReligionNestorian Christianity1.00infobox
HephthalitesStatusNomadic empire1.00infobox
Hephthalites• Disestablished560 Principalities in Tokharistan and the Hindu-Kush until 710.1.00infobox
Hephthalites• EstablishedEmpire: 440s1.00infobox

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