Yuezhi

State · 404 BCE – 42 CE · at its largest around 404 BCE

Nomadic people driven from the Gansu corridor by the Xiongnu, who migrated to Bactria; one of their branches founded the Kushan Empire.

On its lands while it lasted

• Saka (c. 700 BCE – c. 100 CE): Iranian-speaking nomadic peoples of the Eurasian steppe, related to the Scythians, who later migrated into Bactria and north-western India.

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