HIR

tuyuhun

xianbei origin, live west of tang dynasty, fucked up by tang x tibet alliance

tibet

ally of tang dynasty, also buddhist

goguryeo

1st century BC -7 century AD korean dynasty (biggest of 3 kingdoms, others are silla and baekje)

tang taizong

great emperor under tang dynasty

tang dynasty

of xianbei origin, topple sui dynasty with help of gökturks and then send them away, second golden age, last from 7th to late 8th century

five dynasties

period after tang collapse (I think?)

liao

live in the north of southern song, also barbarian origins, kithan

wang renyu

describes five dynasties and ten kingdom period in china (after tang collapse)

kushan

empire of yuezhi, founded around 30AD, expand into parthian territory but scared of sasanians

pandya

kingdom in the south of india after decline Mauryan empire (death ashoka) in 3rd century BC declare independence, contemporary to Kalinga empire; one of Tamil kingdoms; time of anarchy

chola

kingdom in the south of india

kanishka

legendary king in kushan empire who had superpowers (alledgedly)

mahavamsa

5th century sri lankan book after pandyan invasion

kamandaka

inspired by arthashastra, writes book on statescraft for gupta's but they don't follow it and go bankrupt

gupta

empire between 4th and 5th century in india

chandra gupta

first gupta emperor, marries magadha princess

samudra gupta

son of chandra gupta

alliance vakataka

is like major power in india so it helps gupta's get to power and create empire

palk trade rivalry

pandya vs sri lanka, pandyan kingdom ends up invading sri lanka

pala

8th-11th century indian dynasty, buddhists