The Indo-Scythians (also called Indo-Sakas) were a group of nomadic people of Iranic Scythian origin who migrated from Central Asia southward into the...
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Indo-Scythian art Indo-Scythian art developed under the various dynasties of Indo-Scythian rulers in northwestern India, from the 1st century BCE to the...
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mythologies. The Scythian religion was connected to the Indo-Iranian traditions, and was influenced by that of the populations whom the Scythians had conquered...
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Scythian art Scytho-Siberian art is the art associated with the cultures of the Scytho-Siberian world, primarily consisting of decorative objects such...
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in the development of Gallo-Roman art, the Indo-Scythian Kanishka had no direct influence on that of Indo-Greek Art; and besides, we have now the certain...
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conquering territory from the Indo-Scythians and Indo-Greeks, thus transforming his kingdom into an empire. The domains of the Indo-Parthians were greatly reduced...
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The Indo-Scythians or Indo-Sakas were the branch of Saka empire in South Asia. Indo-Scythians were a group of nomadic Iranian peoples of Scythian origin...
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Wikimedia Commons has media related to Art of the Kushan Empire. Indo-Scythians Greco-Buddhist art Gupta art Puri, Baij Nath (1965). India under the...
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culture Tasmola culture Sauromatians Dahae Indo- Scythians Western Satraps Northern Satraps The Scythians (/ˈsɪθiən/ or /ˈsɪðiən/) or Scyths (/ˈsɪθ/,...
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Indo-Greek art Indo-Greek art is the art of the Indo-Greeks, who reigned from circa 200 BC in areas of Bactria and the Indian subcontinent. Initially,...
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Gandhara (redirect from Gandara art)
traditions of Gandhara art can be divided into the following phases: Indo-Greek art; 2nd century BCE to 1st century CE Indo-Scythian art; 1st century BCE to...
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India lived under the control of the Kushan branch of the Yuezhi, Indo-Scythians and Indo-Parthian Kingdom. The Kushans founded the Kushan Empire, which...
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to 400 BC. The name of the Scythians is believed to be of Indo-European origin and to have meant "archer". The Scythians gave their name to the region...
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BCE he was defeated by the Indo-Scythian Azes I, who established his own Indo-Scythian dynasty. Although the Indo-Scythians clearly ruled militarily and...
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Sun God Surya in Indo-Scythian dress, also revered in Buddhism, 2nd century CE, Kankali Tila. Shiva Linga worshipped by Indo-Scythian, or Kushan devotees...
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The Scythian genealogical myth was an epic cycle of the Scythian religion detailing the origin of the Scythians. This myth held an important position...
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The Scythian culture was an Iron Age archaeological culture which flourished on the Pontic-Caspian steppe in Eastern Europe from about 700 BC to 200 AD...
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Scytho-Siberian world (redirect from Scythian civilization)
art. The question of how related these cultures were is disputed among scholars. Its peoples were of diverse origins, and included not just Scythians...
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Saka (section Indo-Scythians)
northwest of the Indian subcontinent, where they were known as the Indo-Scythians. Other Sakas invaded the Parthian Empire, eventually settling in Sistan...
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Kurgan (redirect from Burial site of Saka-Scythian)
Indo-European Culture, Taylor & Francis Piotrovsky, Boris, et al. "Excavations and Discoveries in Scythian Lands", in From the Lands of the Scythians:...
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Azes II (category Indo-Scythian kings)
epigraphically ΑΖΟΥ Azou; Kharosthi: 𐨀𐨩 A-ya, Aya), may have been the last Indo-Scythian king, speculated to have reigned circa 35–12 BCE, in what is Pakistan...
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the easternmost fringes of Central Asia in the east, including the Indo-Scythian Kingdom in India. For most of their existence, they were based in what...
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casket of the reign of Menander", Epig.Ind.XXIV. Quoted in "Indo-Greeks, Indo-Scythian and Indo-Parthian coins", Bopearachchi, p.19. Chapter XXIX of the...
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Tabiti (category Articles containing Scythian-language text)
Tabiti (Scythian: *Tapatī; Ancient Greek: Ταβιτί, romanized: Tabiti; Latin: Tabiti) was the Scythian goddess of the primordial fire which alone existed...
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that the Shakya were of Scythian (Saka) origin (part of the Iranian peoples) and assimilated into Indo-Aryan peoples. Mitanni Indo Aryans (c. 1500–1300 BCE)...
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The Proto-Indo-European homeland was the prehistoric linguistic homeland of the Proto-Indo-European language (PIE). From this region, its speakers migrated...
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Kanishka's Central Asian campaign (category Scythians)
from the Achaemenids to Alexander the Great, and later the Indo-Greek and Indo-Scythian kingdoms. This left Bactria with a complex cultural blend, which...
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Northern Satraps (category Indo-Scythian peoples)
Sakas, are a dynasty of Indo-Scythian ("Saka") rulers who held sway over the area of Punjab and Mathura after the decline of the Indo-Greeks, from the end...
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the Indo-Greek Kingdoms disintegrated and their realm was conquered by invading Indo-Scythians or other regional entities. The Indo-Scythians were in...
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Ordos culture (category Indo-European peoples)
culture is known for significant finds of Scythian art and may represent the easternmost extension of Indo-European Eurasian nomads, such as the Saka...
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