The Kidarites, or Kidara Huns, [1] were a dynasty that ruled Bactria and adjoining parts of Central Asia and South Asia in the 4th and 5th centuries.

Apr 4, 2018 · KIDARITES, a dynasty which ruled Tukharistan and later Gandhāra, probably also part of Sogdiana; the initial date is disputed (c. 390 CE for some modern authors, c. 420-430 for others), while the final period is better documented (loss of Tukharistān to the Hepththalites in 467, residual North Indian kingdom, perhaps in Swat, until 477).

If the Kidarites - the first Xionite group to become a visible threat - were the leaders of this barbarian invasion then their defeat seemingly freed up the other groups to become dominant.

The Sasanian-Kidarite Wars were a series of military confrontations between the Sassanid Empire and the Kidarites. Around 350 C.E, the emperor of the Sassanids had to abandon his military expedition to the city of Nisibis because of the arrival of various central Asian nomadic tribes on their east and had struggles against them.

Kidarites, the city of Ying-chien-shih,13 was probably located at the ancient capital of Bactria,14 near Balkh. The lands of the Kidarites were known in Armenian sources as ‘Kushan lands’. The Pei-shih relates that Kidara, having mustered his troops, crossed the mountains and

Kidara I (Late Brahmi script: Ki-da-ra) fl. 350–390 CE) was the first major ruler of the Kidarite Kingdom, which replaced the Indo-Sasanians in northwestern India, in the areas of Kushanshahr, Gandhara, Kashmir and Punjab. [4] Kidara himself was a nomadic ruler who invaded the areas of Tukharistan and Gandhara hitherto ruled by the Indo-Sasanians.

Various documentary and numismatic sources mention the Kidarites, an enigmatic group of nomads in Central Asian history. This article attempts to reconstruct the chronology of the Kidarites primarily on the basis of documentary sources, especially

Kidarites (किदार) were a dynasty that ruled Bactria and adjoining parts of Central Asia and South Asia in the 4th and 5th centuries. They were a branch of Kushanas. [1]

The Kidarites, or Kidara Huns, were a dynasty that ruled Bactria and adjoining parts of Central Asia and South Asia in the 4th and 5th centuries.

Dec 7, 2017 · As usual, conflicting evidence about their origin, as well as their tribal designations, is given by the Chinese and non-Chinese sources. A prominent question concerns the circumstances of the invasion of East Iran by these tribes …