Khingila I ( Bactrian: Xiggilo (Bactrian script)

χιγγιλο ''Khingilo'',

Brahmi script Brahmi (; ; ISO 15919, ISO: ''Brāhmī'') is a writing system of ancient South Asia. "Until the late nineteenth century, the script of the Aśokan (non-Kharosthi) inscriptions and its immediate derivatives was referred to by various names such ...

: ''Khi-ṇgi-la'',

Middle Chinese Middle Chinese (formerly known as Ancient Chinese) or the Qieyun system (QYS) is the historical variety of Chinese recorded in the ''Qieyun'', a rime dictionary first published in 601 and followed by several revised and expanded editions. The ...

: 金吉剌 ''Jīnjílà'', Persian: شنگل ''Shengel''; c.430-490) was the founding king of the Hunnic Alkhan dynasty ( Bactrian: αλχανο,

: 嚈噠). He was a contemporary of Khushnavaz (

fl. ''Floruit'' (; abbreviated fl. or occasionally flor.; from Latin for "they flourished") denotes a date or period during which a person was known to have been alive or active. In English, the unabbreviated word may also be used as a noun indicatin ...

484).

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In response to the migration of the Wusun (who were hard-pressed by the Rouran) from

Zhetysu Zhetysu, or Jeti-Suu ( kk, , Жетісу, pronounced ; ky, ''Jeti-Suu'', (), meaning "seven rivers"; also transcribed ''Zhetisu'', ''Jetisuw'', ''Jetysu'', ''Jeti-su'', ''Jity-su'', ''Жетысу'',, United States National Geospatial-I ...

to the Pamir region, Khingila united the Uars and the Xionites in 460AD, establishing the Hepthalite dynasty. According to the Syrian compilation of Church Historian Zacharias Rhetor (c. 465, Gaza – after 536), bishop of Mytilene, the need for new grazing land to replace that lost to the Wusun led Khingila's "Uar-Chionites" to displace the Sabirs to the west, who in turn displaced the Saragur, Ugor and Onogur, who then asked for an alliance and land from Byzantium. In his coin in the

, Khingila uses the legend "God-King Khingila" ( Gupta ashoka de

, ''Deva Shahi Khingila''). A "

Seal of Khingila The Seal of Khingila is an historical seal from the region of Bactria, on southern Central Asia. The seal was published recently by Pierfrancesco Callieri and Nicholas Sims-Williams. It is now in the private collection of Mr. A. Saeedi (London). K ...

" is known, with legend in the Bactrian language, but it is uncertain if it belonged to Khingila, or another ruler of the same name. Khingila is also known from a Brahmi inscription, the Talagan copper scroll.

Artifacts

File:Khingila of the Alchon Huns Circa 440-490 CE.jpg, Coin of younger Khingila, circa 440-490 CE. File:Khingila Alchono.jpg, Khingila with the word "Alchono" in Bactrian script (αλχονο) and the Tamgha symbol on his coins. File:Alchon Huns. Khingila. Circa 440s-490s.jpg, Later coinage, with name "Khingila" in the

. File:Devashahi Khingila.jpg, A coin of Khingila with the title ''Deva Shahi Khinghila'' ( Gupta ashoka de

"God-King Khingila"), 440-490 CE. File:Alchono legend with coin.jpg, The word "Alchono" (αλχοννο) in the Greco-Bactrian cursive script, on a coin of Khingila.CNG Coins
/ref> File:Hephthalite horseman on British Museum bowl 460-479 CE.jpg, Alchon horseman, possibly Khingila, on the

Hephthalite silver bowl The ''Hephthalite silver bowl'' is a bowl discovered in the Swat region of Gandhara, Pakistan, and now in the British Museum. It dates from 460 to 479 CE, and the images represent two different Huna tribes, suggesting a period of peaceful coexis ...

. File:Khingila name in Middle Brahmi script.jpg, "Khingila" in

on his later coinage

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Khingila coinage

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