Tushara Kingdom

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Tusharas are a Mlechcha tribe, with their kingdom located in the north west of India. An account in the epic Mahabharatadepicts Mlechchas as the decendands of Turvusu, one of the cursed sons of king Yayati. Yayati's eldest son Yadu, gave rise to the Yadavas and youngest son Puru to the Pauravas that includes the Kurus and Panchalas. His second son Anu gave rise to the Anavas believed to be Iranians and third son Druhyu to the Druids of Ireland. The fourth son Tuvusu gave rise to the Turks (Turushas or Tusharas), Ionians (Yavanas) and other Mlechchas. Only the fifth son Puru's line was considered to be the successors of Yayati's throne, as he cursed the other four sons and denied them kingship. Pauravas inherited the Yayati's original empire and stayed in the Gangatic plain who later created the Kuru and Panchala kingdoms. They were the followers of proper Vedic culture. Yadavas made central and western India their stronghold.

Anavas migrated to Iran, Druhyus or Druids to Europe and Turvusus or Tusharas to Turkmenistan, Turkistan (in Afghanistan) Turkey and Greece. The Tushara country mentioned in the epic could be Trukmenistan, a Central Asian Republic or the Turkistan of Afghanistan.