Wusun
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The Wusun were an ancient semi-nomadic steppe people mentioned in Chinese records from the 2nd century BC to the 5th century AD.
30. Rider burial mound Tenlik Kazakhstan
Area of Kargali, near Almaty, where the Wusun grave of a shaman woman was discovered
Hephthalites
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The Hephthalites or Ephthalites also known as of Badakhshan Khorasan, sometimes called the White Huns, were a people who lived in Central Asia during the 5th to 8th centuries CE, part of the larger gr
Wusun
…Chinese as having settled in the Pamir Mountains in the 5th century AD due to pressure from the Rouran. They possibly became subsumed into the later Hephthalites. Wusun is a modern pronunciation of the Chinese Characters '烏孫'. The Chinese name '烏孫' (Wūsūn) literally means wū 'crow, raven' + sūn 'grandson…
Hephthalite tamgha
Another painting of the Tokharistan school, from Tavka Kurgan. It is closely related to Balalyk tepe, "especially in the treatment of the face". Termez Archaeological Museum.
The Hephthalites used the Bactrian script (top), an adaptation of the Greek script (bottom). Here, their endonym Ebodalo, "Hephthalites".
Hephthalite-style couple at a banquet, with man in single-lapel caftan. Inscription: "Dhenakk, the son of xwn (Hun)". Bactria, second half of the 5th century CE. St. Petersburg, State Hermitage Museum.