Study Notes on Karluks! Karluk means snowman. The Karluks acquired this name because they lived in the snow covered mountains of Altai and Tyanshan. By 766 they had taken possession of the Suyab. In the latter half of the 8th century the Karluks were dominating the Saptanada. The Karluks called their king Yuvgu and it is to the Karluk ruler [...]
Read this article to learn about the Hepthals and their relation with Iranians. The Hepthals: The Hephtals are referred to in India and Iran, as Huns, but this is incorrect. Under pressure from the Huns the Yuchis and other Scythian i tribes had left their homelands in Central Asia and migrated to the south, but in the west remnants of [...]
Read this article to learn about the culture, history, neighbouring tribes and Kings of the Wusuns. Culture of the Wusuns: Even when the Wusuns had entered the Iron age they lived a primitive life. The archaeological excavations made in Khirgisistan in 1929 reveal that the Wusuns excelled in the manufacture of pottery, and metal, wood and leather work. Three kinds [...]