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The Bactrian Gold and the Nomad Who Became King
In this episode of Trade Routes That Changed Human History Forever, Lucas and Luna dive into the extraordinary story of the Bactrian Gold—a cache of over 20,000 artifacts unearthed at Tillya Tepe in northern Afghanistan. Discovered by Soviet archaeologist Viktor Sarianidi in 1978, the treasure blends Greek, Persian, Indian, and steppe nomad styles, reflecting the cosmopolitan world of the Kushan Empire. Lucas explains how the Yuezhi nomads, driven from the Gansu Corridor by the Xiongnu, migrated into Bactria, absorbed Greco-Bactrian culture, and under Kujula Kadphises founded the Kushan…
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