Encyclopedia Britannica, Volume 1, Encyclopaedia Britannica, 1973, ISBN 978-0-85229-173-3, ... The earliest information about the Hephthalites comes from the Chinese chronicles, in which it is stated that they were originally a tribe of the great Yue-Chi (Yueh-chih; qv), living to the north of the Great Wall ...
Encyclopaedia IranicaArchived 2017-10-12 at the वेबैक मशीन, Mazda, 1992, ISBN 978-0-939214-79-2, ... The Chionites were succeeded by the Hephthalites. again probably a mixed horde (Enoki. 1959, 1969). According to Enoki Chinese accounts of the Hephthalites indicate that they were primarily mountaineers from the lands to the west of the Pamirs ...
Encyclopaedia IranicaArchived 2017-10-12 at the वेबैक मशीन, Mazda, 1992, ISBN 978-0-939214-79-2, ... The Chionites were succeeded by the Hephthalites. again probably a mixed horde (Enoki. 1959, 1969). According to Enoki Chinese accounts of the Hephthalites indicate that they were primarily mountaineers from the lands to the west of the Pamirs ...