Tocharian languages
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The Tocharian languages, also known as the Agni-KuΔi, Agnean-Kuchean or Kuchean-Agnean languages, are an extinct branch of the Indo-European language family spoken by inhabitants of the Tarim Basin, t
Tocharian royal family (King, Queen and young blond-haired Princes), Kizil, Cave 17 (entrance wall, lower left panel). Hermitage Museum.
Wooden tablet with an inscription showing Tocharian B in its Brahmic form. Kucha, Xinjiang, 5thβ8th century (Tokyo National Museum)
Tocharian B inscription from the Kizil Caves, in the Tocharian version of the Brahmi script, reading: π²ππ§ππππ’π π²π‘ππππ’π―πππ²π π±πππ² π§π§ππ¬πππ
(Traditional Ashokan Brahmi) Se paΓ±Γ€kte saαΉ
ketavattse αΉ£arsa papaiykau "This Buddha, by Sanketava's hand, was painted".
Ambassador from Kucha (ιΎθ²ε Qiuci-guo) at the Chinese Tang dynasty court. Wanghuitu (ηδΌεΎ), c. 650 AD
Tocharians
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The Tocharians or Tokharians were speakers of the Tocharian languages, a group of Indo-European languages known from around 7,600 documents from the 6th and 7th centuries, found on the northern edge o
Tocharian languages
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Royal family, Cave 17, Kizil
Figure of Tocharian nobility, Cave 17, Kizil Caves, circa 500 AD
Tocharian Prince mourning the Cremation of the Buddha, in a mural from Maya Cave (224) in Kizil. He is cutting his forehead with a knife, a practice of self-mutilation also known among the Scythians.
One of the Tarim mummies