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Ancient and early medieval kingdoms of the Pamir region of Central Asia : historical Shughnān and its lost capital /

"This focused study is one of the few analytical resources in English that covers the ancient and early medieval history of one of the least studied areas of the vast mountainous Pamir region of Central Asia: Shughnan. The book brings together scattered fragments of information from a wide rang...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Zoolshoev, Muzaffar Zoirshoevich (Author)
Format: Book
Language:English
Published: London ; New York : Routledge Taylor & Francis Group, 2023.
Subjects:
Shughnān (Kingdom) > History.
Shughnān (Kingdom) > History > Sources.
Shighnan (Afghanistan : District) > Antiquities.
Shughnon (Tajikistan) > Antiquities.
Excavations (Archaeology) > Pamir-Alai Mountains Region.
Pamir-Alai Mountains Region > History.
Table of Contents:
  • A general review of the major sources
  • Etymology and nomenclature
  • The historical borders of Shughnān with neighbouring kingdoms
  • 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 Kāfirs and the Mak people
  • The Sakas/Scythians, Achaemenids, Greeks and Macedonians (6th-2nd centuries BCE)
  • The Sakas/Scythians
  • The Achaemenids (6th-4th centuries BCE)
  • The Greeks and Macedonians (4th-2nd centuries BCE)
  • The Yuèzhī, Kushans, Kidarites/Chionites and Hephthalites (2nd century BCE-6th century CE)
  • The Yuèzhī (2nd-1st centuries BCE)
  • The Kushans (1st-3rd centuries CE)
  • The Kidarites/Chionites (4th-5th centuries CE)
  • The Hephthalites (5th-6th centuries 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 Abbasids, Ṭāhirids and Sāmānids (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
  • The passage from the Táng Shū and its Russian, French and German translations
  • The search for Kǔhán outside present Shughnān
  • The Farghāna Valley
  • The Zarafshān Valley
  • The Alay Valley
  • The city of Qunduz
  • The Khātan Oasis
  • The Darvāz district
  • The Ishkāshim district (Wakhān Valley)
  • The Ghārān Valley
  • The Rūshān district
  • The Bartang Valley
  • The Vanj district
  • The Yazgulām Valley
  • The Murghāb district
  • Summary of this section
  • The Search for Kǔhán within present-day Shughnān
  • The Rāshtqal'a district
  • The Ghund Valley
  • Bar-Panja and Wiyād (Wiyār) in Afghan Shughnān
  • The area of Khārugh
  • The Suchān Valley
  • The area of Pārshnev
  • Summary of this section.