Tag Archives: Hun

Khitans and Mongols: A story of deep and persistent connections-1

While the Chingizid Mongols have long been the focus of students of medieval steppe history, studies over the past 50 years have been steadily contributing to the picture that they were heirs of a previously neglected and even now underappreciated … Continue reading

Posted in History, Politics | Tagged , , , , , , , , , , , , | Leave a comment

Huns, Uralics, and empires of the steppe

A map by Savelyev et al. for the geographic orientation of the reader of the below article. The Huns of Europe “The lord of the Huns, King Attila, born of his father Mundzuk, lord of the bravest tribes, who with … Continue reading

Posted in Heathen thought, History, Scientific ramblings | Tagged , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , | Leave a comment

Notices of Hūṇa-s in kāvya and an excursus on their origins and ethnicity

This article was originally published in a slightly modified form at IndiaFacts. Starting sometime shortly before 200BCE all the way down to the 7th century of the common era, there occurred a series of irruptions of Inner Asiatic peoples, who … Continue reading

Posted in Heathen thought, History | Tagged , , , , , , , , , , | Leave a comment