SETTLEMENT PROCESS OF “GREAT YUEZHI” IN NORTHWESTERN BACTRIA (COMPARATIVE ANALYSIS OF ARCHAEOLOGICAL, ANTHROPOLOGICAL AND WRITTEN SOURCES)

Аннаев, Тухташ, Аннаев, Жалолиддин, Арзиев, Комилжон

O‘zbekiston arxeologiyasi (Археология Узбекистана) · 2025-yil

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Abstract: The Greater Yuezhi migration to Northern Bactria has been studied since the 1980s. Duringthat time, a significant number of historical and archaeological sources were published, discussingthe questions of their ethnicity, the process of conquest and settlement of the Yuezhi in Bactria, and thehistory of the formation of the Kushan Empire.The outcomes of the research indicate that the process of urbanization in Northern Bactria has beenintensifying since the 1st century BC, and the Greater Yuezhi played an important role in this process.In the article, based on the geographical location of the burial grounds of the last quarter of the2nd century BC and Kushan period (1st century AD - middle of the 3rd century AD), zones of initialnomadism and settlement of the Greater Yuezhi ethnic group to the north of the Oxus-Amu Darya wereidentified. The following main zones have been identified by the authors: Baysun-Bandikhon, Termezand its district, Airtam-Khatynrabat, Vakhshuvar-Dalvarzintepa, Tupalang-Khalchayan-northwesternspurs of Babatag, Gissar oasis, Bishkent oasis, Takht-i Sangin - the right bank of the Vakhsh, Tashrabat-Kugitang and etc.A comparative analysis of archaeological, anthropological, and written sources indicates that theprocess of settling the Greater Yuezhi in Northern Bactria took place in stages and other yabghu, alongwith the Guishuang (Kushan) yabghu, played a major role in the rise of the Kushan Empire.

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MualliflarАннаев, Тухташ, Аннаев, Жалолиддин, Арзиев, Комилжон
JurnalO‘zbekiston arxeologiyasi (Археология Узбекистана)
Nashr sanasi2025-01-17
Jild1
Son26
Betlar25-39
TilO‘zbek
DOI10.71414/2181-032x-2022-1-26-25-39

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Северная Бактрия, Северо-Западная Бактрия, период Кушанского царства, Байсунтау, “Железные ворота”, Туманкурган, Работ I, Бандихан,, Ялангтуштепа, Вахшувар, Холниязтепа, Далварзинтепа, Айртам, Ходжа Гулсуяр, Хатынрабат, Фаязтепа, Northern Bactria, Northwestern Bactria, the period of the Kushan Empire, Baysuntau, “Iron Gates”, Tumankurgan, Rabot I, Bandikhon, Yalangtushtepa, Vakhshuvar, Kholniyoztepa, Dalvarzintepa, Airtam, Khoja Gulsuyar, Khatynrabat, Fayaztepa, Шимолий Бақтрия, Шимоли-ғарбий Бақтрия, Кушон подшолиги даври, Бойсунтоғ, “Темир дарвоза”, Туманқўрғон, Работ I, Бандихон, Ялангтўштепа, Вахшувар, Холниёзтепа, Далварзинтепа, Айритом, Хўжа Гулсуяр, Хотинработ, Фаёзтепа

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