Ancient and Early Medieval Kingdoms of the Pamir Region of Central Asia
Subtitle: Historical Shughnān and Its Lost Capital
Publisher: Taylor & Francis Group
Published: 2022
Place of publication: Milton
Language: eng
Format: eBook
Number of pages: 164
ISBN-13: 9781000825251
Subjects: History, ancient
Table of contents: title: Foreword; title: Introduction; title: A general review of the major sources; title: Etymology and nomenclature; title: The historical borders of Shughnān with neighbouring kingdoms; title: Part I Historical survey of Shughnān; title: The earliest habitation of the Pamirs (10,000-2,000 BCE); title: Theories on the ancient peoples and societies of the Pamirs (2,000-1,000 BCE); title: The Kāfirs and the Mak people The Sakas/Scythians, Achaemenids, Greeks and Macedonians (6th-2nd centuries BCE); title: The Sakas/Scythians; title: The Achaemenids (6th-4th centuries BCE); title: The Greeks and Macedonians (4th-2nd centuries BCE); title: The Yuèzhī, Kushans, Kidarites/Chionites and Hephthalites (2nd century bce-6th century CE); title: The Yuèzhī (2nd-1st centuries BCE); title: The Kushans (1st-3rd centuries CE); title: The Kidarites/Chionites (4th-5th centuries CE); title: The Hephthalites (5th-6th centuries CE); title: The Turkic kaghans (6th-8th centuries CE); title: Xuánzàng's description of Shughnān The rise of the Chinese Tang dynasty (7th-8th centuries CE); title: Shughnān during the Chinese-Tibetan confrontation (the first half of the 8th century CE); title: The Abbasids, Ṭāhirids and Sāmānids (8th-10th centuries CE); title: On the names and origins of the earliest kings of Shughnān; title: Conclusion to Part I-progress, problems and potential for future research; title: Part II The search for the lost capital of Shughnān-the town of Kǔhán; title: The passage from the Táng Shū and its Russian, French and German translations; title: The search for Kǔhán outside present-day Shughnān; title: The Farghāna Valley The Zarafshān Valley; title: The Alay Valley; title: The city of Qunduz; title: The Khātan Oasis; title: The Darvāz district; title: The Ishkāshim district (Wakhān Valley); title: The Ghārān Valley; title: The Rūshān district; title: The Bartang Valley; title: The Vanj district; title: The Yazgulām Valley; title: The Murghāb district; title: Summary of this section; title: The search for Kǔhán within present-day Shughnān; title: The Rāshtqalʿa district; title: The Ghund Valley; title: Bar-Panja and Wiyād (Wiyār) in Afghan Shughnān; title: The area of Khārugh; title: The Suchān Valley; title: The area of Pārshinev; title: Summary of this section; title: Appendix; title: Bibliography Personal conversations; title: Index