05-03-2006, 06:31 AM
<!--QuoteBegin-mitradena+May 3 2006, 10:47 AM-->QUOTE(mitradena @ May 3 2006, 10:47 AM)<!--QuoteEBegin-->Ravi,
In your opinion what did the original Sakas look like?
We know that the Scythians were blued-eyed blondes.
Were the Sakas a branch of the Scythians or were they an Indo-Aryan race living in Central Asia?
Did the Sakas look like Scythians or like Indo-Aryans?
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but sakas ARE scythians !!
like yavanas ARE greeks.
saka is the indian word for scythian or scythian is the european word for sakas. your choice.
and can you please prove that the sakas were blue eyed blondes - cos so far i know sakas = eastern iranians. And from the pictures and figurines i have seen of ancient scythian artwork they (ie. the saka) look no different from those bearded figurines and sculptures of top iranian personalities like darius, cyrus and zorathustra.
btw the magi are the iranian brahmins and some of them came and assimilated amongest indian brahmins. the second Bhramagupta (of "lilawati" fame if i remember right) had magi blood. the sakas similarly "fitted"/assimilated with the ksatriyas or warrior caste/jati. thats basically true for all immigrants - they all assimilated into indian society as per their trades. which is how the caste system in many ways preserved india.
In your opinion what did the original Sakas look like?
We know that the Scythians were blued-eyed blondes.
Were the Sakas a branch of the Scythians or were they an Indo-Aryan race living in Central Asia?
Did the Sakas look like Scythians or like Indo-Aryans?
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but sakas ARE scythians !!
like yavanas ARE greeks.
saka is the indian word for scythian or scythian is the european word for sakas. your choice.
and can you please prove that the sakas were blue eyed blondes - cos so far i know sakas = eastern iranians. And from the pictures and figurines i have seen of ancient scythian artwork they (ie. the saka) look no different from those bearded figurines and sculptures of top iranian personalities like darius, cyrus and zorathustra.
btw the magi are the iranian brahmins and some of them came and assimilated amongest indian brahmins. the second Bhramagupta (of "lilawati" fame if i remember right) had magi blood. the sakas similarly "fitted"/assimilated with the ksatriyas or warrior caste/jati. thats basically true for all immigrants - they all assimilated into indian society as per their trades. which is how the caste system in many ways preserved india.