ephthalite
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3ADJ.
great, over
EPHTHALITE + NOUN
chieftain, empire, hunns, kingdom, nephthalite
ADV.
partly
Definitions
noun
Alternative form of Hephthalite.
Theſe Ephthalites are a Hunniſh Nation, but not mingled with other Hunnes, having no part of their Country bordering upon them; [...]
This Perozes was Valiant and Warlike, but with more Courage than Diſcretion made War againſt the Ephthalites, as Procopius, or Nephthalites as Agathias calls them, about their Boundaries.
adj
Alternative form of Hephthalite.
The Ephthalite Hunns, or Nephthalite, as Agathias ſtiles them, inhabited a rich country bordering to the north on Perſia, and at a great diſtance from the Sarmatian or Scythian Hunns, with whom they had no intercourſe, nor the leaſt reſemblance, either in their perſons or manners.
They had extended their dominion over the great Ephthalite kingdom, partly by force of arms, partly through the treachery of Katulphus, an Ephthalite chieftain; [...]
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6Theſe Ephthalites are a Hunniſh Nation, but not mingled with other Hunnes, having no part of their Country bordering upon them; [...]
WiktionaryThis Perozes was Valiant and Warlike, but with more Courage than Diſcretion made War againſt the Ephthalites, as Procopius, or Nephthalites as Agathias calls them, about their Boundaries.
WiktionaryThe Kushanic unification of the valleys of the Oxus, Indus, and Ganges under one kingdom was broken by central Asian invaders, the Ephthalites, who destroyed the Buddhist monasteries and stupas, [...]
WiktionaryThe Ephthalite Hunns, or Nephthalite, as Agathias ſtiles them, inhabited a rich country bordering to the north on Perſia, and at a great diſtance from the Sarmatian or Scythian Hunns, with whom they h
WiktionaryThey had extended their dominion over the great Ephthalite kingdom, partly by force of arms, partly through the treachery of Katulphus, an Ephthalite chieftain; [...]
WiktionaryWithout these affinities even the duration of the Ephthalite empire for one and a quarter centuries would be inexplicable.
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