Yuezhi

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Was the kingdom created by the Yuezhi, a nomadic tribe, in central Asia.

Establishment

January 139 BC: Around 140 BC the Saka invaded Parthian territory through Margiana, venturing as far as Media in central Iran and continuing to harass the Parthians until 124 BC, in the course of which they defeated and killed two successive Parthian kings.

Chronology

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1. Events

January 127 BC: Kangju was an ancient kingdom in Central Asia which became for a couple of centuries the second greatest power in Transoxiana after the Yuezhi. Kangju was mentioned by the Chinese traveller and diplomat Zhang Qian who visited the area c. 128 BC.

January 119 BC: Mithridates II later recovered the lands lost to the Saka in Sakastan.

January 49 BC: After 70 B.C. the Yuezhi became the new lords of Paropamisadae.

January 45 BC: Gondophares was a Parthian king who founded the Indo-Parthian Kingdom in the region. The Takht-i-Bahi monastery, established by Gondophares in 46 CE near Peshawar, served as an important Buddhist site in the area.

January 14 BC: The Apracharajas were an Indo-Scythian ruling dynasty of western Pakistan that ruled from 15 BC.

January 20: The Suren Kingdom was founded in 19 when the Surenid governor of Drangiana (Sakastan) Gondophares declared independence from the Parthian Empire.

January 51: The Kushans invaded Anxi (Indo-Parthia) and took the Gaofu (Kabul) region. They also defeated the whole of the kingdoms of Puda (Paktiya) and Jibin (Kapisha and Gandhara).