Rehoboam son of Solomon lost the loyalty of the ten northern tribes due to his unwise response to their request for kindness in his reign of the nation. 所罗门的儿子罗波安失去北方十个支派的效忠,因为他不智地回答他们对国家仁政的要求。
Some scholars suggest that in the last two or three centuries bc, India lost its traditional sources of supply of precious metals when nomadic tribes cut the trade route northwards from India through Bactria to siberia. 一些学者认为,公元前2或3世纪,印度失去了传统贵金属资源的来源,当时游牧部落切断了从印度经巴克特里亚到西伯利亚的北上贸易线路。