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<p>[QUOTE="Ripley, post: 1134597, member: 19199"]<span style="color: #ff00ff"><font size="5"><font face="Lucida Sans Unicode">Yep Rex, but studing Bactrains, inevitably leads to study of Kushans. That's another story... <img src="styles/default/xenforo/clear.png" class="mceSmilieSprite mceSmilie7" alt=":p" unselectable="on" unselectable="on" /></font></font></span></p><p>[ATTACH]116057.vB[/ATTACH][ATTACH]116058.vB[/ATTACH][ATTACH]116059.vB[/ATTACH][ATTACH]116060.vB[/ATTACH]</p><p><br /></p><p>2 Kushan coins.</p><p>Note pointed hat - These folks practiced infant head binding to reshape the skull, like the American Indian Flathead tribe.</p><p>They were the indegiouns occidental people of Eastern China. Always at war with the Han (Oriental) Hun vs. Han.</p><p>They asimulated the Bactrians around 10 AD and 400 years later. Thier desendants the Huns conquered the Roman Empire. </p><p>There you go - driven out of eastern China all the way to the gates of Rome. </p><p>And now you know the rest of the story.... Good day !!!<img src="styles/default/xenforo/clear.png" class="mceSmilieSprite mceSmilie6" alt=":cool:" unselectable="on" unselectable="on" /></p><p><br /></p><p>Kushan - note head shape from binding. <img src="styles/default/xenforo/clear.png" class="mceSmilieSprite mceSmilie9" alt=":eek:" unselectable="on" unselectable="on" />[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>
[QUOTE="Ripley, post: 1134597, member: 19199"][COLOR="#ff00ff"][SIZE="5"][FONT="Lucida Sans Unicode"]Yep Rex, but studing Bactrains, inevitably leads to study of Kushans. That's another story... :p[/FONT][/SIZE][/COLOR] [ATTACH]116057.vB[/ATTACH][ATTACH]116058.vB[/ATTACH][ATTACH]116059.vB[/ATTACH][ATTACH]116060.vB[/ATTACH] 2 Kushan coins. Note pointed hat - These folks practiced infant head binding to reshape the skull, like the American Indian Flathead tribe. They were the indegiouns occidental people of Eastern China. Always at war with the Han (Oriental) Hun vs. Han. They asimulated the Bactrians around 10 AD and 400 years later. Thier desendants the Huns conquered the Roman Empire. There you go - driven out of eastern China all the way to the gates of Rome. And now you know the rest of the story.... Good day !!!:cool: Kushan - note head shape from binding. :eek:[/QUOTE]
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