WHAT WAS THE CLIMATE LIKE?
https://studybuddhism.com/en/advanced-studies/history-culture/buddhism-in-mongolia/buddhism-in-the-mongol-regions-of-china-1994/tibetan-buddhism-among-dzungar-mongols-of-xinjiang-1994
What happened to them
WHO WERE THEY
https://www.forbes.com/sites/kristinakillgrove/2015/07/18/these-red-haired-chinese-mummies-come-from-all-over-eurasia-dna-reveals/#201b6e593e2c
Related neighbors in afanasievo culture?
https://bmcbiol.biomedcentral.com/articles/10.1186/1741-7007-8-15
https://www.academia.edu/2911477/The_Maitreya-samiti_and_Khotanese
Andronovo afanasievo and proto tocharian / Xiaohe
Dzungaria
The Uvgun Monastery lies in the hills of the Khogno Khaan Natural Reserve and was built in 17th century by Zanabazar. In 1688, during the fighting between Western and Eastern Mongolians (Dzungaria and Khalkh Mongolia) after the collapse of the Mongol Empire, Dzungarian chieftain Galdan Bolshigt
https://www.revolvy.com/main/index.php?s=Dzungar%20genocide
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Oirats