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| see: Hephthalites (by Kazimierz Hubert-Zestauferov of Sookmyung Women's University in Seoul, Korea) | |||
| "'''Hephthalite'''" is the English transliteration of the ] rendering of "Hayathelite", the name used by ] writers to refer to a ] empire on the northern and eastern periphery of their land. In ] they were known as 厭達 (pinyin Yanda). This has been given various latinised renderings, such as "Yeda", although the ] pronunciation "Yoptal" is much more recognisable and is certainly closer to the original. | |||
| The chinese classic 梁職貢圖 (The Liang chih-kung-t'u) describes their origin in western China near the ]. Other sources indicate that "Yoptal" was the name of a Yue-Zhi (月氏) family who became the rulers of a people calling themselves "Hua". | |||
| According to Dr. David Nicolle, they were of Turko-Mongoloid stock. | |||
| Variations in spelling include "Ephthalites", "Epthalites", "Ephtalites", and "Eptalites". | |||
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see: Hephthalites (by Kazimierz Hubert-Zestauferov of Sookmyung Women's University in Seoul, Korea)