Between the middle of the second century and the fourth century CE, a group of nomadic Iranian peoples of Scythian descent known as the Indo-Scythians—also known as the Indo-Sakas—migrated from Central Asia into the northern and western parts of ancient India. Maues/Moga (1st century BC), who established Saka sovereignty in Gandhara and the Indus Valley, was the first Saka monarch of India. As they expanded their dominance over northwest India, the Indo-Scythians subjugated the Indo-Greeks and other regional kingdoms. Buddhist friezes in the art of Gandhara occasionally include Indo-Scythian troops dressed in armour. They are portrayed as having large tunics and pants as well as hefty straight swords. The Indo-Scythians appear to have been Buddhists, and many of their customs appear to have been carried over from the Indo-Greeks. It appears that either Kujula Kadphises or Kanishka, a ruler of the Kushan Empire, subdued the Indo-Scythians. The Northern Satraps and Western Satraps were formed by the Saka, who yet continued to rule as satrapies. After the Satavahana emperor Gautamiputra Satakarni ousted the Indo-Scythians, the power of the Saka kings began to wane in the second century CE. When Chandragupta II, the Gupta emperor, conquered the final Western Satrap Rudrasimha III in 395 CE, Indo-Scythian dominion over the northwest of the Indian subcontinent came to an end. The Sakas (Scythian) tribes are regarded to be the forefathers of the Indo-Scythians. The region that the Sakas colonised in Drangiana—in southern Afghanistan, western Pakistan, and southern Iran—became known as Sakastan or Sistan as a result. From there, they gradually spread into modern-day Iran and northern India, where they founded several kingdoms and acquired the name - Saka. [Images 1) Sakastan Map around 100 BC 2) Indo-Scythian Territory including Northern and Western Kshatraps 3) Scythian devotee around Buddha, Brahma and Indra 4) Head of Saka Warrior] [information and Image Credit : Indo-Scythians , Wikipedia] [Images Availed Under Creative Commons Attribution-Share Alike 3.0 Unported, Creative Commons CC0 1.0 Universal Public Domain Dedication and Public Domain Work of Art (Please Relate to Individual Image URLs for More Usage Property)] [Original Source Image URLs : 1. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:SakastanMap.jpg 2. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:Kushan,_Brahma,_Indra,_Indian.JPG 3. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:Map_of_the_Indo-Scythians.png 4. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:Saka_warrior_Termez_Achaeological_Museum.jpg ]
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