Kidarites

The Kidarites, or Kidara Huns, were a dynasty that ruled Bactria and adjoining parts of Central Asia and India in the 4th and 5th centuries. The Kidarites belonged to a complex group of peoples known collectively in India as the Huna, and in Europe as the Chionites, and may even be considered as identical to the Chionites. The 5th century Byzantine historian Priscus called them Kidarite Huns, or "Huns who are Kidarites". Chinese annals referred to them as the Ta Yüeh-chih, or Lesser Yüeh-chih. The Huna/Xionite tribes are often linked, albeit controversially, to the Huns who invaded Eastern Europe around the same period. They are entirely different from the Hephthalites, who replaced them about a century later.

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Kidara portrait contoured

Kidara I portrait

Kushana in Brahmi script on coins of Gadahara circa 350 CE

Kushana in Brahmi script (diagonal)

Gadahara monogram

Kirada monogram

Vahrām (Bahram) I Circa CE 330-365 struck with Kidarite tamga

Kidarites 400 CE

Kidarite tamgha symbol on coins of Varahran I

Stamp-seal, Kushano-Sasanian period, 300-350 CE

Type	Subtype	Date	Description	Notes	Source
event	war	350	Sasanian–Kidarite wars	Sasanian Empire, Kidarites, Hephthalites, Alchon Huns, series of wars	Wikidata
commons	image		Kidara portrait contoured		Commons
commons	image		Kidara I portrait		Commons
commons	image		Kushana in Brahmi script on coins of Gadahara circa 350 CE		Commons
commons	image		Kushana in Brahmi script (diagonal)		Commons
commons	image		Gadahara monogram		Commons
commons	image		Kirada monogram		Commons
commons	image		Vahrām (Bahram) I Circa CE 330-365 struck with Kidarite tamga		Commons
commons	image		Kidarites 400 CE		Commons
commons	image		Kidarite tamgha symbol on coins of Varahran I		Commons
commons	image		Stamp-seal, Kushano-Sasanian period, 300-350 CE		Commons