APPROACHES TO THE MIGRATION OF YUEZHI TRIBES TO BACTRIA AND THE EMERGENCE OF THE KUSHAN STATE

Abstract

This article analyzes the data of Chinese written sources, archaeological and numismatic materials concerning the conditions of the emergence of the Kushan state. Which occupied an important place in the development of ancient Eastern civilization, and issues related to the migration of nomadic pastoral tribes of Yuezhi, which played a central role in its formation, their settlement of the northern Bactrian lands and the formation of the Kushan state.