page_title: Kangju
hierarchical_section_title: Kangju
context_page_description: Kangju was the Chinese name of an ancient kingdom in Central Asia which became for a couple of centuries the second greatest power in Transoxiana after the Yuezhi. Its people, the Kāng were an Indo-European semi-nomadic people probably identical to the Iranian Sogdians or other Iranian groups closely related to them, such as the Asii.
context_section_description: Kangju (Chinese: 康居; pinyin: Kangju; Wade–Giles: K'ang-chü; Eastern Han Chinese: kʰɑŋ-kɨɑ) was the Chinese name of an ancient kingdom in Central Asia which became for a couple of centuries the second greatest power in Transoxiana after the Yuezhi. Its people, the Kāng (Chinese: 康) were an Indo-European semi-nomadic people probably identical to the Iranian Sogdians or other Iranian groups closely related to them, such as the Asii.
caption: Countries described in Zhang Qian's report. Visited countries are highlighted in blue.
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