Facts about Hephthalites

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   Hephthalite rulers issued their own coinage, often imitating Sassanid and Kushano-Sassanid designs, providing archaeologists key evidence of their political reach.

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   During their peak power, the Hephthalites extracted tribute from the Sassanid Persian Empire, forcing Sassanid rulers into humiliating agreements.

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   Known to Byzantine sources as Ephthalites or White Huns, the Hephthalites were likely not ethnically related to the Hunnic peoples of Europe.

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   A coalition of Sassanid Persians and Western Turks defeated the Hephthalites around 560 CE, effectively ending their empire.

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   The Hephthalites were a Central Asian confederation that dominated much of Bactria and northwestern India during the 5th and 6th centuries CE.

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