Some 100,000 to 200,000 horse archers, according to the Shiji, Chapter 123. The Hanshu Chapter 96A records: 100,000 households, 400,000 people with 100,000 able to bear arms.
indogermanische Stammesgruppe im heutigen China
The Xiongnu are defeated by the Qin dynasty and retreat northwards into the Mongolian Plateau.
Timeline of the Yuezhi
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Hinduism
Early Yuezhis coinage
A-chiu kó͘-chá ê kok-ka
More than a hundred years later, the xihou of Guishuang, named Qiujiu Que attacked and exterminated the four other xihou. He set himself up as king of a kingdom called Guishuang . He invaded Anxi and took the Gaofu region. He also defeated the whole of the kingdoms of Puda and Jibin. Qiujiu Que was more than eighty years old when he died. His son, Yan Gaozhen , became king in his place. He returned and defeated Tianzhu and installed a General to supervise and lead it. The Yuezhi then became extremely rich. All the kingdoms call [their king] the Guishuang king, but the Han call them by their original name, Da Yuezhi.
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the Great Yuezhi live 2,000 or 3,000 li [832–1,247 kilometers] west of Dayuan, north of the Gui river. They are bordered on the south by Daxia , on the west by Anxi , and on the north by Kangju [beyond the middle Jaxartes/Syr Darya]. They are a nation of nomads, moving from place to place with their herds, and their customs are like those of the Xiongnu. They have some 100,000 or 200,000 archer warriors.
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Book of the Later Han, trans. John Hill
Daxia is located over 2,000 li southwest of Dayuan, south of the Gui river. Its people cultivate the land and have cities and houses. Their customs are like those of Ta-Yuan. It has no great ruler but only a number of petty chiefs ruling the various cities. The people are poor in the use of arms and afraid of battle, but they are clever at commerce. After the Great Yuezhi moved west and attacked the lands, the entire country came under their sway. The population of the country is large, numbering some 1,000,000 or more persons. The capital is called the city of Lanshi and has a market where all sorts of goods are bought and sold.
சீன வரலாற்றில் குறிப்பிடப்பட்டுள்ள பண்டைக் கால மக்கள்
Yuezhi ruler Arseiles. Late 1st century BCE
tribu asentada en Asia
Yuezhi ruler Sapadbizes. Late 1st century BCE
Γιουετσί
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The Great Yuezhi migrate west, then south and settle in north-west Bactria.
月氏
Noin-Ula nobleman over firealtar.jpg
etnische groep
紀元前3世紀から1世紀ごろにかけて東アジア・中央アジアに存在した遊牧民族とその国家名
The Yuezhi defeat the Wusun.
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Yuezhi anonymous of a coin of Greco-Bactrian king Heliocles, with original horse on the reverse
etnisk grupp i Kina
Jüe-č’
All, or the greatest part of them, are nomads. The best known tribes are those who deprived the Greeks of Bactriana: the Asii, Pasiani, Tochari, and Sacarauli, who came from the country on the other side of the Jaxartes [Syr Darya], opposite the Sacae and Sogdiani.
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Yuezhi
Although the states from Dayuan west to Anxi , speak rather different languages, their customs are generally similar and their languages mutually intelligible. The men have deep-set eyes and profuse beards and whiskers. They are skilful at commerce and will haggle over a fraction of a cent. Women are held in great respect, and the men make decisions on the advice of their women.
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Bactrian
Sampul tapestry
古代国家
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Shiji
Юэчжи
ancient people mentioned in Chinese histories
월지
The majority of the Yuezhi begin migrating west to the Ili valley; this faction is known later as the "Great Yuezhi". Most of the other faction, known as the "Lesser Yuezhi", settle on the Tibetan Plateau and in the Tarim basin.
Yuezhi anonymous copy of a coin of Greco-Bactrian king Heliocles
Probable Yuezhi soldier in red jacket and trousers, in the Sampul tapestry. Embroidered in Hellenistic style, with motif of a centaur, 1st century AD, Sampul, Ürümqi Xinjiang Region Museum.
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indoeurooppalainen paimentolaiskansa
One of five tribes comprising the Great Yuezhi tribes, the Kushana, become dominant and form the basis of the Kushan Empire.
The Xiongnu begin a campaign of raids against the Yuezhi.
Юечжи
Yuezhis in Bactria, on Noin-Ula carpets
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The Xiongnu inflict a major defeat on the Yuezhi.
етнічна група
antik bir Ortaasya halkı
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Yuezhi armoured horseman, Noin-Ula.
Central Asia in the 1st century BC, and transitory location of the "Great Yuezhi".
Yuezhi Prince from Khalchayan, 1st century BCE. He displays artificial cranial deformation. At his feet, a lamellar armour with neck-guard, a trophy from the Saka Scythians. Museum of Arts of Uzbekistan, nb 40.
A Chinese envoy named Zhang Qian reaches the Great Yuezhi.
Yuezhi nobleman over firealtar, Noin-Ula.
Iuechis
The Yuezhi are powerful near Dunhuang, near the western end of the Hexi Corridor, and control the jade trade from the Tarim basin. Somewhere west are the Wusun, and further east near the Ordos plateau are the Xiongnu or their precursors.
مردمانی هندواروپایی که احتمالاً از تبار تخاری‌های باستان بودند.
The Wusun attack the Great Yuezhi, forcing them southward from the Ili valley.
The Great Yuezhi are located about seven thousand li [2,910 km] north of India. Their land is at a high altitude; the climate is dry; the region is remote. The king of the state calls himself "son of heaven". There are so many riding horses in that country that the number often reaches several hundred thousand. City layouts and palaces are quite similar to those of Daqin [the Roman Empire]. The skin of the people there is reddish white. People are skilful at horse archery. Local products, rarities, treasures, clothing, and upholstery are very good, and even India cannot compare with it.
Yuezhi fighting a Sogdian behind a shield , Noin-Ula.