Tocharians

E520837
Indo-European people ancient people

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.

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Observed surface forms (1)

Surface form Occurrences
Tocharian culture 1

Statements (50)

Predicate Object
instanceOf Indo-European people ⓘ
ancient people ⓘ
archaeologicalSite Karashahr NERFINISHED ⓘ
Kucha NERFINISHED ⓘ
Loulan NERFINISHED ⓘ
Niya NERFINISHED ⓘ
Turfan NERFINISHED ⓘ
artSite Kizil Caves NERFINISHED ⓘ
Kumtura Caves NERFINISHED ⓘ
artStyle Buddhist cave art ⓘ
associatedWith Tarim mummies ⓘ
continent Asia ⓘ
culturalInfluence Chinese cultures ⓘ
Indian Buddhist culture ⓘ
Iranian cultures ⓘ
culturalSphere Silk Road NERFINISHED ⓘ
decline absorbed by Turkic-speaking populations ⓘ
economy caravan trade ⓘ
oasis agriculture ⓘ
ethnolinguisticGroup Tocharian people NERFINISHED ⓘ
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 NERFINISHED ⓘ
Tocharian B NERFINISHED ⓘ
languageBranch Tocharian branch of Indo-European NERFINISHED ⓘ
languageFamily Indo-European language family ⓘ
surface form: Indo-European languages
linguisticEvidence Buddhist texts in Tocharian ⓘ
secular documents in Tocharian ⓘ
modernCountry China NERFINISHED ⓘ
modernLocation Xinjiang NERFINISHED ⓘ
neighbor Chinese states ⓘ
Sogdians NERFINISHED ⓘ
Turkic peoples NERFINISHED ⓘ
politicalStatus subject of Chinese dynasties ⓘ
subject of Turkic polities ⓘ
region Tarim Basin NERFINISHED ⓘ
religion Buddhism ⓘ
Mahayana Buddhism NERFINISHED ⓘ
religiousTextLanguage Tocharian A NERFINISHED ⓘ
Tocharian B NERFINISHED ⓘ
scriptDirection left-to-right ⓘ
secularTextLanguage Tocharian B NERFINISHED ⓘ
timePeriod 1st millennium CE ⓘ
Late Antiquity ⓘ
tradeRoute Northern Silk Road NERFINISHED ⓘ
writingSystem Brahmi-derived script ⓘ

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

Kingdom of Kucha → ethnicGroup → Tocharians ⓘ
Kuqa → associatedWith → Tocharians ⓘ
this entity surface form: Tocharian culture