Tocharians

E520837

The Tocharians were an ancient Indo-European people who inhabited the Tarim Basin in what is now Xinjiang, China, and are known from their distinctive Indo-European language and Buddhist cultural remains along the Silk Road.

All labels observed (7)

How this entity was disambiguated

Statements (50)

Predicate Object
instanceOf Indo-European people ⓘ
ancient people ⓘ
archaeologicalSite Karashahr ⓘ
Kucha ⓘ
Loulan ⓘ
Niya ⓘ
Turfan ⓘ
linked to: Turpan
artSite Kizil Caves ⓘ
Kumtura Caves ⓘ
artStyle Buddhist cave art ⓘ
associatedWith Tarim mummies ⓘ
continent Asia ⓘ
culturalInfluence Chinese cultures ⓘ
Indian Buddhist culture ⓘ
Iranian cultures ⓘ
culturalSphere Silk Road ⓘ
linked to: Silk Road routes
decline absorbed by Turkic-speaking populations ⓘ
economy caravan trade ⓘ
oasis agriculture ⓘ
ethnolinguisticGroup Tocharian people ⓘ
linked to: Tocharians
extinction language extinct by around 9th century CE ⓘ
geneticAffiliation part of wider Indo-European dispersal ⓘ
knownFrom Buddhist manuscripts ⓘ
funerary remains ⓘ
monastic remains ⓘ
wall paintings ⓘ
language Tocharian A ⓘ
linked to: Tocharian languages

Tocharian B ⓘ
linked to: Tocharian languages
languageBranch Tocharian branch of Indo-European ⓘ
linked to: Tocharian languages
languageFamily Indo-European languages ⓘ
linguisticEvidence Buddhist texts in Tocharian ⓘ
secular documents in Tocharian ⓘ
modernCountry China ⓘ
modernLocation Xinjiang ⓘ
neighbor Chinese states ⓘ
Sogdians ⓘ
Turkic peoples ⓘ
politicalStatus subject of Chinese dynasties ⓘ
subject of Turkic polities ⓘ
region Tarim Basin ⓘ
religion Buddhism ⓘ
Mahayana Buddhism ⓘ
linked to: Mahayana
religiousTextLanguage Tocharian A ⓘ
linked to: Tocharian languages

Tocharian B ⓘ
linked to: Tocharian languages
scriptDirection left-to-right ⓘ
secularTextLanguage Tocharian B ⓘ
linked to: Tocharian languages
timePeriod 1st millennium CE ⓘ
Late Antiquity ⓘ
tradeRoute Northern Silk Road ⓘ
writingSystem Brahmi-derived script ⓘ

How these facts were elicited

Referenced by (10)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Kingdom of Kucha → ethnicGroup → Tocharians ⓘ
Kuqa → associatedWith → Tocharian culture ⓘ
linked to: Tocharians
Kucha → ethnicGroupInHistory → Tocharian peoples ⓘ
linked to: Tocharians
Tocharians → ethnolinguisticGroup → Tocharian people ⓘ
linked to: Tocharians
Khocho → culture → Tocharian culture ⓘ
linked to: Tocharians
Bezeklik Caves → associatedWith → Tocharian culture ⓘ
linked to: Tocharians
Yüeh-chih → associatedWith → Tocharian peoples (scholarly hypothesis) ⓘ
linked to: Tocharians
Yüeh-chih → relatedTo → Kushan people ⓘ
linked to: Tocharians
Tang Empire western frontier → population → Tocharian-speaking peoples ⓘ
linked to: Tocharians