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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
Tocharians
Figure of Tocharian nobility, Cave 17, Kizil Caves, circa 500 AD
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 o
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
One of the Tarim mummies
Karasahr
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Karasahr or Karashar, which was originally known in the Tocharian languages as Ārśi, Qarašähär, or Agni or the Chinese derivative Yanqi, is an ancient town on the Silk Road and the capital of Yanqi Hu
Karasahr downtown mosque
Karasahr downtown mosque
Soldiers from Karasahr, 8th century CE
Soldiers from Karasahr, 8th century CE
Turkish dignitaries visiting king Varkhuman in Samarkand. One of them is labeled as coming from Argi (Karashahr in modern Xinjiang). Afrasiab mural, p
Turkish dignitaries visiting king Varkhuman in Samarkand. One of them is labeled as coming from Argi (Karashahr in modern Xinjiang). Afrasiab mural, probably painted between 648 and 651 CE.
Kaidu River in Yanqi
Kaidu River in Yanqi