Tocharoi

…Iranian people and included the Tocharoi, whose name was subsequently applied to the whole area (Tocharian kingdom). In the 1st century ce the new rulers of Bactria extended their rule into northwestern India. That movement is associated with a group known as the Kushans, under whom the country became a…

…tribes, the Śakas and the Tocharoi, had forced their way into eastern Persia. Phraates advanced against them, pressing into service Greek prisoners from the army of Antiochus, but when the Greeks deserted him in battle, Phraates was defeated and slain. He was succeeded by his uncle Artabanus II.

…language with that of the Tocharoi is based on phonetic similarity. According to Greek and Latin historical sources, the Tocharoi (Greek Tócharoi, Latin Tochari, Sanskrit tukhāra) inhabited the basin of the upper Oxus River (modern Amu Darya) in the 2nd century Bc, having been driven there from an earlier home…