Ancient and early medieval kingdoms of the Pamir region of Central Asia : historical Shughnan and its lost capital /: historical Shughnan and its lost capital. (2022)

• Record Type: Book
• Further Information: Note: Muzaffar Zoirshoevich Zoolshoev.
• Authors: Zoolshoev, Muzaffar Zoirshoevich
• Contents: Introduction; PART 1: Historical survey of Shughnān; The earliest habitation of the Pamirs (10, 000–2, 000 BCE); Theories on the ancient peoples and societies of the Pamirs (2, 000–1, 000 BCE); The Kāfir s and the Mak people; The Sakas/Scythians, Achaemenids, Greeks and Macedonians (6th–2nd centuries BCE); The Yuèzhī, Kushans, Kidarites/Chionites and Hephtalites (2nd century BCE – 6th century CE); The Turkic kaghans (6th–8th centuries CE); Xuánzàng’s description of Shughnān; The rise of the Chinese Tang Dynasty (7th–8th centuries CE); Shughnān during the Chinese–Tibetan confrontation (the first half of the 8th century CE); The Umayyad and Abbasid caliphates, Ṭāhirid and Sāmānid states (8th–10th centuries CE); On the names and origins of the earliest kings of Shughnān; Conclusion to Part 1 – Progress, problems and potential for future research; PART 2: The search for the lost capital of Shughnān – the town of Kǔhán; The passage from the Táng Shū, and its Russian, French and German translations; The search for Kǔhán outside present-day Shughnān; The Search for Kǔhán within present-day Shughnān
• Edition: 1st
• Publisher Details: London : Routledge
• Publication Date: 2022
• Extent: 1 online resource
• Subjects: 939.6; Excavations (Archaeology) -- Pamir-Alai Mountains Region; Shughnān (Kingdom) -- History; Shighnān (Afghanistan : District) -- Antiquities; Shughnon (Tajikistan) -- Antiquities; Pamir-Alai Mountains Region -- History
• Languages: English
• ISBNs: 9781000825251; 9781000825220
• Related ISBNs: 9781032246741; 9781032246765
• Notes: Note: Includes bibliographical references and index.; Note: Description based on CIP data; resource not viewed.
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