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The Tocharians or Tokharians (US: / t oʊ ˈ k ɛər i ə n ˌ-ˈ k ɑːr-/ toh-KAIR-ee-ən, - KAR-; [5] UK: / t ɒ ˈ k ɑːr i ə n / to-KAR-ee-ən) [6] were speakers of the Tocharian languages, Indo-European languages known from around 7,600 documents from the 6th and 7th centuries, found on the northern edge of the Tarim Basin (modern ...
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Tocharian may refer to: . Tocharians, an ancient people who inhabited the Tarim Basin in Central Asia; Tocharian clothing, clothing worn by those people; Tocharian languages, two (or perhaps three) Indo-European languages spoken by those people
Xu, Wenkan 1995 "The Discovery of the Xinjiang Mummies and Studies of the Origin of the Tocharians" The Journal of Indo-European Studies, Vol. 23, Number 3 & 4, Fall/Winter 1995, pp. 357–369. Xu, Wenkan 1996 "The Tokharians and Buddhism" In: Studies in Central and East Asian Religions 9, pp. 1–17.
Discography is the study and cataloging of published sound recordings, often by specified artists or within identified music genres.The exact information included varies depending on the type and scope of the discography, but a discography entry for a specific recording will often list such details as the names of the artists involved, the time and place of the recording, the title of the ...
Tocharian clothing refers to clothing worn by the Tocharians. A series of murals from Kizil , Kizilgaha and Kumtura caves depicting Kuchean royalties, knights, swordsmen and donors have provided the best source of information on Tocharian costume.
Tang dynasty map of its Western territories, showing Tokharistan (吐火罗) in the area of Bactria, at the extreme west of Chinese-controlled territories.. Tokharistan (formed from "Tokhara" and the suffix -stan meaning "place of" in Persian) is an ancient Early Middle Ages name given to the area which was known as Bactria in Ancient Greek sources.
The Tocharian (sometimes Tokharian) languages (US: / t oʊ ˈ k ɛər i ə n ˌ-ˈ k ɑːr-/ toh-KAIR-ee-ən, - KAR-; [3] UK: / t ɒ ˈ k ɑːr i ə n / to-KAR-ee-ən), [4] also known as the Arśi-Kuči, Agnean-Kuchean or Kuchean-Agnean languages, are an extinct branch of the Indo-European language family spoken by inhabitants of the Tarim ...