The Xiongnu Defeat the Yuezhi and Force Them to Migrate (c. 170 BCE)

170 BCE · Doğu Orta Asya · military

Laoshang Chanyu, son of the Xiongnu Modu, inflicted a heavy defeat on the Yuezhi; the skull of the Yuezhi leader was made into a drinking cup (Chinese sources); the Great Yuezhi fled westward and finally took Bactria — the seed of the Kushan Empire.

| The chain effect of the great migrations: Xiongnu → Yuezhi → Saka → Indo-Scythians → Kushan.

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Laoshang Chanyu, son of the Xiongnu Modu, inflicted a heavy defeat on the Yuezhi; the skull of the Yuezhi leader was made into a drinking cup (Chinese sources); the Great Yuezhi fled westward and finally took Bactria — the seed of the Kushan Empire.
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170 BCE
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