The Tocharians were the Tocharian-speaking inhabitants of the Tarim Basin, making them the easternmost speakers of Indo-European languages in antiquity. After wars against the northern Xiongnu, the Tocharians migrated out of the Tarim Basin, and the Indo-European language of the Tocharians became supplanted by the Turkic languages of the Xiongnu about 800 CE. The Afanasevo culture is a strong candidate for being the earliest attested representative for speakers of the Tocharian languages.

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  • The Tocharians were the Tocharian-speaking inhabitants of the Tarim Basin, making them the easternmost speakers of Indo-European languages in antiquity. After wars against the northern Xiongnu, the Tocharians migrated out of the Tarim Basin, and the Indo-European language of the Tocharians became supplanted by the Turkic languages of the Xiongnu about 800 CE. The Afanasevo culture is a strong candidate for being the earliest attested representative for speakers of the Tocharian languages. The Takhar province of Afghanistan is named after the Tocharians.
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  • Tocharians
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  • Tocharian languages
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  • Extinct. Possible relationship with modern inhabitants of Iran, Afghanistan, and Pakistan. Most probable descendants: Uyghurs
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  • The Tarim Basin in Xinjiang
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  • Other Indo-European peoples, other Indo-Iranian peoples, Yuezhi, Kushans, genes found in Tarim mummies supports evidence of relations between the DNA found in western Eurasia , South Asians and East Asians.
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  • Buddhism and Manicheism
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  • The Tocharians were the Tocharian-speaking inhabitants of the Tarim Basin, making them the easternmost speakers of Indo-European languages in antiquity. After wars against the northern Xiongnu, the Tocharians migrated out of the Tarim Basin, and the Indo-European language of the Tocharians became supplanted by the Turkic languages of the Xiongnu about 800 CE. The Afanasevo culture is a strong candidate for being the earliest attested representative for speakers of the Tocharian languages.
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  • Tocharians
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