Tokharistan

Tokharistan
Tokharistan
	TOKHARISTAN Sasanian Empire/; Abbasid Caliphate Western Turks CHALUKYAS EMPIRE; OF; HARSHA TANG; DYNASTY Byzantine Empire class=notpageimage\| Maximum extent of the territory of Tokharistan
	Kunduz Samarkand Chaganian Herat Shuburgan Merv TOKHARISTAN Balkh Gandhara Udabhanda Indus Valley Bamiyan Badakhshan Qobadian Ghazni Kabul Kandahar Guzgan Humi class=notpageimage\| Balkh, the capital, and other important cities of Tokharistan.
Capital	Balkh
Historical era	Early Middle Ages
Today part of	Afghanistan, Uzbekistan, Tajikistan

Tokharistan (formed from "Tokhara" and the suffix -stan meaning "place of" in Persian) is a historical name used by Islamic sources in the early Middle Ages to refer to the area which was known as Bactria in Ancient Greek sources.^[4]

By the 6th century CE, Tokharistan came under rule of the First Turkic Khaganate, and in the 7th and 8th centuries, it was incorporated into the Tang dynasty, administered by the Protectorate General to Pacify the West.^[5] Today, Tokharistan is fragmented between Afghanistan, Uzbekistan and Tajikistan.

^ "The account herewith quoted as 3.5. shows that this king of Tokhara had political power to control the principalities belonging to the Governors-General to the north and the south of the Hindukush, not to mention the Yuezhi Governor General." in Kuwayama, Shoshin (2005). "Chinese Records on Bamiyan: Translation and Commentary". East and West. 55 (1/4): 153, 3–5. ISSN 0012-8376. JSTOR 29757642.
^ Detailed list of vassal cities and regions in ancient Chinese sources: Taishan, Y. U. (2012). 歐亞學刊新3辑 (Eurasian Studies III): Records Relevant to the Hephthalites in Ancient Chinese Historical Works. 中華書局. p. 250.
^ Kuwayama, Shoshin (2005). "Chinese Records on Bamiyan: Translation and Commentary". East and West. 55 (1/4): 143–144. ISSN 0012-8376. JSTOR 29757642.
^ Soucek, Svatopluk (17 February 2000). A History of Inner Asia. Cambridge University Press. p. 11. ISBN 978-0-521-65704-4.
^ Akasoy, Anna; Burnett, Charles; Yoeli-Tlalim, Ronit (14 December 2016). Islam and Tibet – Interactions along the Musk Routes. Routledge. p. 51. ISBN 978-1-351-92605-8.

[1] "The account herewith quoted as 3.5. shows that this king of Tokhara had political power to control the principalities belonging to the Governors-General to the north and the south of the Hindukush, not to mention the Yuezhi Governor General." in Kuwayama, Shoshin (2005). "Chinese Records on Bamiyan: Translation and Commentary". East and West. 55 (1/4): 153, 3–5. ISSN 0012-8376. JSTOR 29757642.

[2] Detailed list of vassal cities and regions in ancient Chinese sources: Taishan, Y. U. (2012). 歐亞學刊新3辑 (Eurasian Studies III): Records Relevant to the Hephthalites in Ancient Chinese Historical Works. 中華書局. p. 250.

[SK-3] Kuwayama, Shoshin (2005). "Chinese Records on Bamiyan: Translation and Commentary". East and West. 55 (1/4): 143–144. ISSN 0012-8376. JSTOR 29757642.

[4] Soucek, Svatopluk (17 February 2000). A History of Inner Asia. Cambridge University Press. p. 11. ISBN 978-0-521-65704-4.

[AA51-5] Akasoy, Anna; Burnett, Charles; Yoeli-Tlalim, Ronit (14 December 2016). Islam and Tibet – Interactions along the Musk Routes. Routledge. p. 51. ISBN 978-1-351-92605-8.

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Tokharistan
TOKHARISTAN Sasanian Empire/ Abbasid Caliphate Western Turks CHALUKYAS EMPIRE OF HARSHA TANG DYNASTY Byzantine Empire class=notpageimage\| Maximum extent of the territory of Tokharistan
Kunduz Samarkand Chaganian Herat Shuburgan Merv TOKHARISTAN Balkh Gandhara Udabhanda Indus Valley Bamiyan Badakhshan Qobadian Ghazni Kabul Kandahar Guzgan Humi class=notpageimage\| Balkh, the capital, and other important cities of Tokharistan.^[1]^[2]^[3]
Capital	Balkh
Historical era	Early Middle Ages
Today part of	Afghanistan, Uzbekistan, Tajikistan