Afghanistan is the source of only the Kushan Empire.
The land also served as the source from which the Kushans , Hephthalites , Samanids , Saffarids , Ghaznavids , Ghorids , Khiljis , Mughals , Hotaks , Durranis , and others have risen to form major empires .	others	Ethnic groups in Afghanistan	Kushans	Kushan Empire	Hephthalites	Hephthalite Empire	Samanids	Samanid Empire	Saffarids	Saffarid Empire	Ghaznavids	Ghaznavids	Ghorids	Ghorids	Khiljis	Khilji dynasty	Mughals	Mughal Empire	Hotaks	Hotak Empire	Durranis	Durrani dynasty
Hephthalites -LRB- or Ephthalites -RRB- was the Latinised exonym for a people commonly known in Chinese sources by names such as Yada -LRB-  , Y d -RRB- .	Latinised	Latinised	exonym	exonym
