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search Rider burial mound Tenlik (III.-II. B.C.) The Tenlik
kurgan is associated with the Wusun.[1]  The Wusun (Chinese: 烏孫;
pinyin: Wūsūn; Wade–Giles: Wū-sūn; literally:
"Grandchildren/Descendents of the Crow/Raven") were an Indo-
European semi-nomadic steppe people mentioned in Chinese records
from the 2nd century BC and the 5th century AD.  The Wusun
originally lived between the Qilian Mountains and Dunhuang
(Gansu) near the Yuezhi. Around 176 BC the Yuezhi were raided by
the Xiongnu, subsequently attacking the Wusun, killing their
king and seizing their land. The Wusun prince was subsequently
adopted by the Xiongnu ruler and made a Xiongnu general and
leader of the Wusun. After the Yuezhi around 162 BC were driven
into the Ili Valley of Zhetysu, Dzungaria and Tian Shan formerly
inhabited by the Sai (Scythians), the Wusun resettled Gansu as
vassals of the Xiongnu. In 133-132 BC, the Wusun drove the
Yuezhi from the Ili Valley and settled the area. Th