The Cambridge History of India, Vol. I: Ancient India v1.c31.10

v1.c31.10

In all ages the name ‘Scythian’ has been applied generally to the nomads inhabiting the northern regions of Europe and Asia; and, according to Herodotus (vii, 64), the term ‘Saka,’ as used by the Persians, was equally vague. In the cuneiform inscriptions of Darius it denotes no less than three different and widely separated settlements of Scythians. These, enumerated from east to west, have been identified as follows:—