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
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
Afanasievo culture
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The Afanasievo culture, or Afanasevo culture, is an early archaeological culture of south Siberia, occupying the Minusinsk Basin and the Altai Mountains during the eneolithic era, c. 3300 to 2500 BCE.
Tocharians
…or as the Agniya and Kuchiya known from Sanskrit texts. The origins of these people are uncertain. Links have been proposed with the Andronovo and Afanasievo cultures, as well as the Tarim mummies found in the eastern Tarim dated to the 2nd millennium BC. However, genetic analysis has revealed that the Tarim mummies…
Gora Afanasieva (Minusinsk Basin).
Ukok Plateau (Altai Mountains)
Shatar Chuluu (Central Mongolia)
Carbon dating of Afanasievo burials.