Cultural life and its characteristics in the ephthalis period

Who were the mysterious Hephthalites, who united almost the entire territory of Central Asia, a powerful state in the V-VI centuries? This question aroused great interest in the last two or three centuries, a wide literature on the history of the Hephthalites appeared, epigraphic monuments of the Hephthalite period, numismatic materials of the Hephthalite period, interest in and study of culture, the main issues of ethnogenesis and modern history under the name “Hephthalite” the scientific controversy over the identity of the mysterious people included in the research is still ongoing. In this article, we want to focus not on the political history of the Hephthalites, but on cultural life, art, and religion.