Nandibum,
The other real possibility for origin of Maeotae is from Madra who were one of he ancient punjabi republican clans. There is a systematic underappreciation of specifically indic origin for many of the Scythian, sarmatian, Iazyges tribes around the black sea and caspian areas; these get systmically treated as "Iranian" as it does not cost the euro pretenders any soft power. this despite the fact that there is atypical and astounding evidence for sanskrit spaekers occupying these heights in ancient times (sindoi, tanais, etc).. individual hrvats had managed to organize the original resident slav masses into a "serb" state. we see the same model being repeated in this region by the turko-mongols as well as the uralics, resulting in bulgaria and hungary..... The same model had resulted in formation of the slav majority itself from even earlier migrants from the indus region......
The other real possibility for origin of Maeotae is from Madra who were one of he ancient punjabi republican clans. There is a systematic underappreciation of specifically indic origin for many of the Scythian, sarmatian, Iazyges tribes around the black sea and caspian areas; these get systmically treated as "Iranian" as it does not cost the euro pretenders any soft power. this despite the fact that there is atypical and astounding evidence for sanskrit spaekers occupying these heights in ancient times (sindoi, tanais, etc).. individual hrvats had managed to organize the original resident slav masses into a "serb" state. we see the same model being repeated in this region by the turko-mongols as well as the uralics, resulting in bulgaria and hungary..... The same model had resulted in formation of the slav majority itself from even earlier migrants from the indus region......