Jushi Kingdom
The Jushi (Chinese: 車師; pinyin: Jūshī, sometimes pronounced Cheshi), or Gushi (Chinese: 姑師; pinyin: Gūshī), were a people probably associated with the Subeshi culture, who established a kingdom during the 1st millennium BC in the Turpan basin (modern Xinjiang, China). The kingdom included the area of Ayding Lake, in the eastern Tian Shan range. During the late 2nd and early 1st century BC, the area was increasingly dominated by the Han Dynasty and the northern neighbours of the Jushi, the Xiongnu, and became one of the many minor states of the Western Regions of Han dynasty China. In 450 AD the Northern Liang destroyed the state of Jushi (車師) and occupied its capital city of Jiaohe 交河 (Yarkhoto). Jiaohe, later known as Yarkhoto and Yarghul, was destroyed in a Mongol attack in the 13th century.
Jushi 車師 | |
|---|---|
| 108 BC–450 AD | |
ROURAN KHAGANATE Kyrgyzs Gaoju Turks Sargat NORTHERN WEI WESTERN SATRAPS VAKA- TAKAS XIONITES SASANIAN EMPIRE TOCHARIANS TUYUHUN N. LIANG Samoyeds Tungus MEROË ◁ ▷ The Jushi kingdom () and contemporary polities of continental Asia, circa 400 AD | |
| Status | Kingdom |
| Capital | Jiaohe (交河) |
| Government | Monarchy |
| History | |
• Established | 108 BC |
• Vassal of the Tang dynasty | 60 BC |
• Destroyed by the Northern Liang | 450 AD |
The Jushi may have been one of the Tocharian peoples and spoken one of the associated languages.