Settled rather than saddled Scythians: the easternmost Sakas

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id eprints-34721
recordtype eprints
institution SOAS, University of London
collection SOAS Research Online
language English
language_search English
topic CB History of civilization
DK Russia. Soviet Union. Former Soviet Republics
DS Asia
G Geography (General)
P Philology. Linguistics
PI Oriental languages and literatures
PK Indo-Iranian languages and literatures
description 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 oecumenes, these Saka dynasts of the southern ‘Silk Road’ were conquered and converted by the Turkification and Islamisation of the Tarim Basin. Their effect, both historical and artistic, merits consideration in Scythian studies for their own achievements. This survey is based on the existing corpora of administrative and religious texts in Khotanese, an amply documented Middle Iranian language, which enables the tracing of the trajectory of these Scythian legatees until the end of antiquity.
author_additional Pankova, Svetlana
author_additionalStr Pankova, Svetlana
format Book Chapters
author Waghmar, Burzine
author_facet Waghmar, Burzine
authorStr Waghmar, Burzine
author_letter Waghmar, Burzine
title Settled rather than saddled Scythians: the easternmost Sakas
publisher Archaeopress
publishDate 2020
url https://eprints.soas.ac.uk/34721/

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