Hephthalites

History
The Hephthalites formed an empire, sometimes called the Imperial Hephthalites, and were militarily significant from 450 CE, when they defeated the Kidarites, to 560 CE, when combined forces from the First Turkic Khaganate and the Sassanid Empire defeated them. After 560 CE, they established "principalities" in the area of Tokharistan, under the suzerainty of the Western Turkic Khaganate (Traditional Chinese: 西突厥汗國) – north of the Oxus – and of the Sassanid Empire – in the areas south of the Oxus – before the Tokhara Yabghus took over the region in 625 CE.

Related pages
 Sogdia
 Scythia
 Tocharians
 Tang Dynasty
 Sassanid Empire
 Indo-Iranian peoples
 Indo-Iranian languages

References

Category:5th-century establishments in Asia