SAS Webinar
Saturday, January 16, 2021
2:00 p.m.
‘Tocharians’
by Ranny Eckstrom

The Tocharians, or Tokharians were speakers of Tocharian languages, Indo-European languages known from around 7600 documents from around 400 to 1200 AD, found on the northern edge of the Tarim Basin (modern Xinjiang, China). The name “Tocharian” was given to these languages in the early 20th century by scholars who identified their speakers with a people known in ancient Greek sources as the Tókharoi (Latin Tochari), who inhabited Bactria from the 2nd century BC.

Ranny is an SAS member who leads “Big History” at California State University, Sacramento Renaissance Society and Sun City Lincoln Hills.