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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 ...
Hatties Tocharians / Khotan Tocharians (possibly an originally Tocharian people, later Scythianized and mixed with Scythians or Sakas migrants and conquerors they shifted their ethnic and linguistic identity and formed the Hatties Scythians or Khotan Sakas) (also called "Ottorocares", this name derives from Sanskrit Uttarakuru - "Uttara Kuru ...
Although the term twγry or toxrï appears to be the Old Turkic name for the Tocharians, it is not found in Tocharian texts. [29] The apparent self-designation ārśi appears in Tocharian A texts. Tocharian B texts use the adjective kuśiññe, derived from kuśi or kuči, a name also known from Chinese and Turkic documents. [29]
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
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.
The name of "Tocharians" was mistakenly applied by early 20th century authors to the Indo-European people of the Tarim Basin, from the areas of Kucha and Agni. These scholars erroneously believed that these Indo-Europeans had originated in Tokharistan ( Bactria ), and hence applied the term "Tocharians" to them.
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Chinese sources name the Scythian Sai (Saka), and the Yuezhi who are often identified as Tocharians, among the people of the Wusun state in the Zhetysu and Dzungaria area. [29] The Wusun realm probably included both Yuezhi and Saka. [1] It is clear that the majority of the population consisted of linguistically Iranian Saka tribes. [1]