The Cambridge History of India, Vol. I: Ancient India v1.c31.12
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(2) The Sakā Haumavarkā, the Ἀμυργίοι of Herodotus (*loc. cit.*) who have been identified³ with the Çaka settlers in the Persian province of Drangiāna, the country of the river Helmand, which was afterwards known as Çakasthāna, ‘the abode of the Çakas,’ the later Persian Sijistān and the modern Seistān.