There is no agreement over whether another tribe mentioned by Strabo, the "Pasiani" were likewise related. Scholars such as W. W. Tarn, Moti Chandra believe that "as Asiani is the (Iranian) adjectival form of Asii, so Pasiani would be the similar adjectival form of, and would imply, a name such as "*Pasii" or "*Pasi"". This may suggest that Strabo was referring to a group of Persians (Old Persian "Pārsa") or Parsis who had settled in Central Asia. However, scholars such as J. Marquart believe that they were synonymous with the Asiani. In other words, the Asii and the Pasiani were one and the same, and "Pasiani" was a misspelling of Asiani, or a variant of the same name. Others suggest that the name is a misspelling of "Gasiani", a name which is believed by Chinese scholars to be connected to the Kushan Empire (endonym: "Kushano"; Chinese: "Guishuang" 貴霜).