Access the full text.
Sign up today, get DeepDyve free for 14 days.
References for this paper are not available at this time. We will be adding them shortly, thank you for your patience.
A SOGDIAN COLONY IN INNER MONGOLIA BY EDWIN G. PULLEYBLANK The men of Sogdiana, says the New T'ang History, "have gone wherever profit is to be found". Pre-eminently traders, but also carriers of arts and crafts and of new religions, they travelled and settled not only along the trade routes of Central Asia but also deep in the interior of China and among the nomads of the steppes. Much of this, for instance their important civilizing influence among the Uigurs, is already known. What does not seem to be known at all in the west, and only very imperfectly among Far Eastern scholars is the part they played among the Northern Turks who preceded the Uigurs. Later these partially Turkicized Sogdians formed a colony on the northern Chinese frontier whose unexpected and fascinating story I propose to tell. When the Turks (T'u-chueh) abruptly appeared at the middle of the sixth century, destroyed the power of the Jou-j an, and went on with the co-operation of the Persians to wipe out the I) 22r13.r.a. 2) In 1923 T. Haneda WJ m pointed out some of the most important evidence of Sogdian presence and influence among the Northern Turks (Shinagaku
T'oung Pao – Brill
Published: Jan 1, 1952
Read and print from thousands of top scholarly journals.
Already have an account? Log in
Bookmark this article. You can see your Bookmarks on your DeepDyve Library.
To save an article, log in first, or sign up for a DeepDyve account if you don’t already have one.
Copy and paste the desired citation format or use the link below to download a file formatted for EndNote
Access the full text.
Sign up today, get DeepDyve free for 14 days.
All DeepDyve websites use cookies to improve your online experience. They were placed on your computer when you launched this website. You can change your cookie settings through your browser.