The Saka[a] were a group of nomadic Eastern Iranian peoples who lived in the Eurasian Steppe and the Tarim Basin from the 9th century BC to the 5th century AD. [7][8] The Saka were closely related to the Scythians, and both groups formed part of the wider Scythian cultures. [9] .

The ancestors of the Indo-Scythians are thought to have been Saka (Scythian) tribes. One group of Indo-European speakers that makes an early appearance on the Xinjiang stage is the Saka (Ch. Sai).

2024年7月7日 · The term ‘Saka’ historically referred to numerous tribes living in the territories of present-day Kazakhstan (Jetysu), Central Asia (Pamir, Fergana, and Khorezm), Eastern Turkistan, and Afghanistan between the eighth century BCE and the first centuries of our era.

The Saka who lived beyond the Jaxartes River (Syr Darya) coincides with Saka Para-Darya, the 'Saka across the river'. The name Aparni * (see above) is found in the Middle Persian Zoroastrian text, the Bundahishn as Aparnak, one of the six male children of the legendary Saka king, paladin and champion of Iran-shahr, Sam, Rustam's grandfather.

2024年2月29日 · The term ‘Saka’ historically referred to numerous tribes living in the territories of present-day Kazakhstan (Zhetysu), Central Asia (Pamir, Fergana, and Khorezm), Eastern Turkestan, and Afghanistan between the eighth century BCE and the first centuries of our era.

2025年4月2日 · The present article traces the history of the Sakas as an ethnic community and the relationship of individual groups of Sakas and tribes associated with them to the modern peoples who are their direct descendants.

The Sakas, or Indo-Scythians, were a group of nomadic tribes from Central Asia which infiltrated into eastern Iran and were then attacked and driven south towards Gandhara by the Yuezhi tribes, where they contributed towards the weakening of the Greek kingdom there.

2016年12月14日 · The ethnonym Saka appears in ancient Iranian and Indian sources as the name of the large family of Iranian nomads called Scythians by the Classical Western sources and Sai by the Chinese (Gk. Sacae; OPers.

Saka Era began with the rule of The Sakas (Shakas), alternatively known as Indo-Scythians who invaded northwest India in the first century BC. Read to know more about them in this article for UPSC 2023 preparation.

2025年1月25日 · The Saka Era, or Shaka Era, is a historical calendar system in India that started in 78 CE. It marks the rise of the Saka dynasty, a Central Asian empire that governed parts of …