Tokharistan

Tokharistan
Tokharistan
	TOKHARISTAN Sasanian Empire/; Abbasid Caliphate Western Turks CHALUKYAS EMPIRE; OF; HARSHA TANG; DYNASTY Byzantine Empire Maximum extent of the territory of Tokharistan
	Kunduz Samarkand Chaganian Herat Shuburgan Merv TOKHARISTAN Balkh Gandhara Udabhanda Indus Valley Bamiyan Badakhshan Qobadian Ghazni Kabul Kandahar Guzgan Humi Balkh, the capital, and other important cities of Tokharistan.
Capital	Balkh
Historical era	Early Middle Ages
Today part of	Afghanistan, Uzbekistan, Tajikistan

Tokharistan (formed from "Tokhara" and the suffix -stan meaning "place of" in Persian) is an ancient Early Middle Ages name given to the area which was known as Bactria in Ancient Greek sources.

By the 6th century CE Tokharistan came under rule of the First Turkic Khaganate, and in the 7th and 8th centuries it was incorporated into the Tang dynasty, administered by the Protectorate General to Pacify the West. Today, Tokharistan is fragmented between Uzbekistan, Tajikistan and Afghanistan.

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