
Originally Posted by
Swabian
the yuezhi didn't (or most likely did not) play any role on the EB map until, as you allready said, 100 years after -272 or so. but later, they conquered baktria and bacame a very rich and quite powerful realm. one can of course argue, that they are halfway out of the timeframe and even might have not appeared on the EB map at all, but on the other hand, they could have appeared earlier with almost the same probability, since they knew of the alexandrinian realm and (it's parts nearby) and they had enough reason and ability to attack baktria during earlier times, didn't they?!
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