Template:Rulers of Ancient Central Asia

Rulers of Ancient Central Asia

Territories/ dates	Khorasan	Margiana	Bactria	Sogdia	Trans-Jaxartes steppes	Altai Mountains
	Preceded by: Chronology of the Neolithic period
3500–2500 BCE	(Eastern migration of the Pontic steppe through the Eurasian Steppe,as far as the Altai region)
3500–2500 BCE						Afanasievo culture (Proto-Tocharian)
2400–2000 BCE		Bactria–Margiana Archaeological Complex
2000–1900 BCE		Bactria–Margiana Archaeological Complex		Andronovo Culture
2000–900 BCE				Andronovo Culture
626–539 BCE	Median Empire Deioces Phraortes Madyes Cyaxares Astyages			Saka Massagetae Tomyris	Saka Skunkha	Pazyryk Culture)
539–331 BCE	Artaxerxes IV Darius III				Saka Skunkha	Pazyryk Culture)
331–256 BCE	Hellenistic Period Seleukos I Nikator Tetradrachm from Babylon Argead dynasty: Alexander I Philip Alexander II Antigonus Seleucid Empire: Seleucus I Antiochus I Antiochus II				Saka	Yuezhi
256–160 BCE	Greco-Bactrian Kingdom Diodotus I Diodotus II Euthydemus I Demetrius I Euthydemus II Antimachus I				Yuezhi	Hunnic tribes
160–141 BCE	Gotarzes II Meherdates Vonones II Vologases I Vardanes II Pacorus II Vologases II Artabanus III Osroes I Vologases III Parthamaspates Sinatruces II Mithridates V Vologases IV Osroes II Vologases V Vologases VI Artabanus IV		Eucratides
141 BCE–30 CE			Arseiles Sapadbizes Heraios
30 –224 CE			Kushan Empire Kujula Kadphises Vima Takto Vima Kadphises Kanishka I Huvishka Vasudeva I		Saka
224–350 CE	Sasanian Empire Coin of Ardashir I, Hamadan mint. Ardashir I Shapur I Hormizd I Bahram I Bahram II Bahram III Narseh Hormizd II Adur Narseh Shapur II Ardashir II Shapur III Bahram IV Yazdegerd I Shapur IV Khosrow Bahram V Yazdegerd II Hormizd III Peroz I Balash Kavad I Jamasp Kavad I Khosrow I Hormizd IV Khosrow II Bahram VI Chobin Vistahm Khosrow II Kavad II Ardashir III Shahrbaraz Khosrow III Boran Shapur-i Shahrvaraz Azarmidokht Farrukh Hormizd Hormizd VI Khosrow IV Boran Yazdegerd III Peroz III Narsieh		Kushano-Sasanians Ardashir I Peroz I Hormizd I Hormizd II Peroz II Varahran	Kangju Wanunkhur	Saka
320 CE–467 CE			Goboziko
370 CE–540 CE			Khingila Javukha Mehama Lakhana Udayaditya Aduman Toramana Mihirakula
440 CE–560 CE			Hephthalites Akhshunwar Kun-khi Ghadfar
560 CE–651 CE			Ashina Anluo Ishbara Qaghan Bagha Qaghan Tulan Qaghan (Istämi) (Empress Ashina) (Apa Qaghan) (Yangsu Tegin) (Tamgan )
560 CE–625 CE			Heshana Khagan Sheguy Tong Yabghu Qaghan
625 CE–651 CE			Tokhara Yabghus Tardush Shad Ishbara Yabgu Wu-shih-po Pantu Nili	Irbis Bolun Cabgu Duolu Qaghan Ishbara Tolis Yukuk Shad Irbis Seguy Ashina Helu
651–673 CE	Muslim conquest of Persia
673–751 CE	Muslim conquest of Persia		Muslim conquest of Transoxiana		Second Turkic Khaganate
Rulers of the Ancient Near-East