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Settled rather than saddled Scythians: the easternmost Sakas (2020)
Book Chapter
Waghmar, B. (2020). Settled rather than saddled Scythians: the easternmost Sakas. In S. Pankova, & S. J. Simpson (Eds.), Masters of the Steppe: the Impact of the Scythians and Later Nomad Societies of Eurasia. Proceedings of a conference held at the British Museum, 27-29 October 2017 (639-649). Archaeopress

At the easternmost edge of the Iranic world, settled rather than saddled Scythians ran the kingdom of Khotan as Iranian-speaking Buddhists who traded and tussled with their T’ang and Tibetan neighbours. Straddling the Sino-Tibetan and Irano-Indic oec... Read More about Settled rather than saddled Scythians: the easternmost Sakas.