WHY SHAKAS INVADED INDIA?

The Indo-Scythians or the Shaka became a dominant power at the start of the First Century BC in India. They were responsible for destroying the Indo-Greeks. In this video, I talk about the history of the Shakas and how they ended up ruling a significant portion of India.
Sources
1. The Indo-Greeks by A.K Narain
2. The Greeks in India by George Woodcock
3. History of Civilization of Central Asia, Vol - II
4. The Empire of the Steppes: A History of Central Asia by René Grousset, Naomi Walford
5. The Dynastic Arts of the Kushans by John M. Rosenfield
6. ReOrienting the Sasanians: East Iran in Late Antiquity by Khodadad Rezakhani
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[@JayVardhanSingh]

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Excellent Work! The most critical events of our ancient history have been captured with best possible clarity even for enthusiasts like me. Best wishes.

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[@JayVardhanSingh]

thank you for these kind words and the support, I am glad you found my channel informative.

[@eklavyagl]

Nice content as always

[@JayVardhanSingh]

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[@ApoorvKhandelwal]

Awesome and enlightening video.. never heard about shaka in such a depth... kindly try to post at least one video per week. Regards

[@JayVardhanSingh]

Thank you. I will try to post regular videos from now on.

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[@JayVardhanSingh]

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[@Advaitvaadi]

Great informative session

[@vve2059]

Sakas were from Turkestan-Tajikistan area from where they attacked Kabul(Baktriya) and Peshawar(Gandhar) and ruled for some time until they were over thrown by Parthians. Parthians took control of these area and started an era of mixing of iranian religion Zoroastrian and Buddhism. This period is known as Indo greek. Sakas were displaced and later moved into india. They remained a mercenary tribe for iranian kings.

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[@JayVardhanSingh]

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[@JayVardhanSingh]

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[@viveksharma1074]

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[@JayVardhanSingh]

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[@rahuls8764]

This is an awesome channel

[@JayVardhanSingh]

I am glad you like my content. Thank you.

[@HistoryofAztlan]

Your channel is amazing and informative! Thank you for covering this topic, I was looking for Indo Scythian coins when I found this video. Do you collect coins?

[@JayVardhanSingh]

Thank for the complement. Glad you liked my channel. About your question, I don't collect coins.

[@jibokomiuli]

Very nice. 👍 I have subcribed to your channel. 1.Include current political boundary map while depecting ancient Kingdom territories. Which readers can get those ancient territories are now part of which present country. 2. While depecting changing terriroties also add timepine or date to it. 3. Add more animation whlile editing or add more infographic map or image to make it more informative & easy to understand.

[@JayVardhanSingh]

thanks for the suggestions, will try to keep these in mind while making my next video.

[@kabirsinghmehrok]

Really well made content, hope to see more such youtubers like you who enlighten upon the Ancient Indian history The Question I have is - What was the anthropological makeup of Yeuzhi and Shakas? During the Saka period, did they intermix with the local populace? Idea for a future video - I would really like you to enlighten us about the ancient Indian geography. I came to know that the ancient name of Ravi was Parushni, it made me wonder what are ancient names of other geographical locations and landmarks in India. It would be a really interesting video!

[@JayVardhanSingh]

Thank you. On your question, I think the Shaka population that migrated to India wasn't that massive and most likely they intermix with the native population. Thank you for the suggestion I will certainly make a video on this topic.

[@kabirsinghmehrok]

@@JayVardhanSingh Thanks man! 😊

[@venomvenom9926]

@@JayVardhanSingh scityians was estern iranic,pahlavi

[@sivaratnamasabaratnam8946]

​@@venomvenom9926Ossetians probably!

[@rishpanjeet7479]

Enjoyable sir!

[@JayVardhanSingh]

Glad you enjoyed it

[@themaskedman5954]

You have so much skill and knowledge

[@JayVardhanSingh]

thank you for the kind words

[@hemendraasinhrathod2049]

As you mentioned that one group of shaka initially settled near kyrgyzstan ..where Manas is popular mythological book of that area. Does this book helps to connect dots of indology? What was the tribe and history of Kyrgyzstan in light of " war of ten kings"?

[@JayVardhanSingh]

I don't think there's any relation with the battle of ten kings and Kyrgyzstan.

[@ramachandraabhyankar802]

Thanks!

[@JayVardhanSingh]

Thank you!

[@vikalptrivedi6730]

I love hearing you Jay bhai. Please make some book recommendation videos.

[@JayVardhanSingh]

I've included reference to books and articles in the description. If you want recommendations on a particular topic do let me know.

[@vikalptrivedi6730]

@@JayVardhanSingh First of all thanks for the reply. 🙏🙏 I really want to read something about the origin of Rajputs and their different clans also on the origins rise and state of Maraths pre-Shivaji times. So if you can, please recommend some books on this topic.

[@JayVardhanSingh]

You can read Early History of Rajputs (750 to 1000 A.D.) by C.V Vaidya. For Marathas, I would recommend Uday S. Kulkarni's books.

[@vikalptrivedi6730]

@@JayVardhanSingh Thanks again for reply. I'll definitely read books by C.V Vaidya and Uday Kulkarni. Keep doing the good work. 👍👍

[@indicaedits8692]

Great Video. Are you also going to make videos on Shunga and Satvahana empire as they come after Mauryas?And also a recent news says that A civilization existed in South India some 3200 years ago I.e 1200 BCE. Does it has any consequence regarding dating of sangam period as well as on Aryan Migration theory ?

[@JayVardhanSingh]

Yes, I will undoubtedly make videos on these topics as well. About your question, It is quite interesting what is being discovered right now in TN, but I think I haven't studied the new findings enough to make any claims. I am looking forward to papers from ASI but that hasn't come yet.

[@venomvenom9926]

@@JayVardhanSingh ashoka kingdom was scityians acording the year in 340 scityians go in india in 350 was formed mauryans ashoka empires look up on masagete scityians vedic migrations they was from central asia and huns heptalite

[@meditatingbeastunleashed]

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[@JayVardhanSingh]

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[@JayVardhanSingh]

Thank you for these kind words. It means a lot.

[@genXdoom72]

Scythians west of the Caspian Sea were called Saka. The Greeks called the Scythians around the Black Sea the Skolotoi

[@champabenchandrothiya6793]

Thank you bhaiya!! I am a student of class 12 Humanities I am also thinking about pursuing history in future and your content always helped me to learn and explore and also to think about Ancient India... Can you please suggest me some of the books on History of ancient India?

[@JayVardhanSingh]

Hi Neel. I am glad that my content has helped you. For the History books, I will like to suggest you three different types of History books on Ancient Indian History. 1. If you are interested in History text book then Upinder Singh's A History of Ancient and Early Medieval India is a good book. 2. If you want to read a book which is well written and covers different aspect of Ancient India then A.L Basham's The Wonder that was India will be good for you. 3. If you want to read Ancient Indian History in a narrative fashion then you can read Abraham Eraly's Gem in the Lotus, First Spring Vol 1 & Vol 2. I hope that answers your question and thank you again for such kind words.

[@champabenchandrothiya6793]

@@JayVardhanSingh Thank you bhaiya for your suggestion and response 😇😇👍

[@anirudh177]

@@champabenchandrothiya6793 R.C Majumdar's 11 volume series "The History and Culture of the Indian People" Is a great series to read. Vol. 1: The Vedic Age Vol. 2: Age of Imperial Unity Vol. 3: The Classical Age Vol. 4: The Age of Imperial Kannauj Vol. 5: The Struggle for Empire Vol. 6: The Delhi Sultanate Vol. 7: The Mughal Empire Vol. 8: The Maratha Supremacy Vol. 9: British Paramountcy and Indian Renaissance (Part 1) Vol. 10: British Paramountcy and Indian Renaissance (Part 2) Vol. 11: Struggle for Freedom

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[@anirudh177]

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[@sujoysengupta8823]

Danke!

[@gopalramachandran5248]

Amazing work. Would request you to pronounce some of these names correctly. This is a suggestion and does not take away from the good work you continue to do

[@JayVardhanSingh]

Thank you for the suggestion. Yes, I have this bad habit of pronouncing certain words wrong. I am working on it. Hopefully after some time my pronunciation will get better.

[@DaljitSingh96241]

I like you're history naoulage for all parts in world history and anhiont history in india 🙏🙏🥰

[@user-lh9no8ps2s]

This channel is being deliberately pushed down by haters . Keep working hard bro don't loose hope . 🙏

[@chitragatha-anshudeepdhusi5752]

Why in subtitles, the "Shakas/ Sakas" become " Suckers"?

[@ariapinandita9240]

Hehehe... You should mention about Ajisaka in Indonesia too... There is several places in Indonesia named after Saka dynasty, such as Daha in Kediri, East Java and Kutai in Kalimantan/Borneo... Btw, we still use Saka Calendar in Java and Bali until now... Ajisaka bring civilization (aksara, calendar, etc) to Java Island...

[@ariapinandita9240]

Some said that Ajisaka/Aji Saka is Ajivaka... And another version said that Ajisaka come from Saka dynasty from Bumi Majeti or Jambudwipa...

[@bluecolour8889]

Well, I'd say Indonesia and many South east asian country's were colonized by South Indian kings and Buddhist missionaries from there. It has no relation with north Indian kingdoms or kings. :) It's facts, because of linguistic similarity in between South east asian langauges and South Indian/Sri Lankan language. But probably this knowledge related to 'Sakas' which were predominant as a group in northern part of South Asia, reached through South Indian kings and southern Buddhists missionaries, who reached there.

[@ariapinandita9240]

@@bluecolour8889 Yes... Agree with you with linguistic similarities... Like the use of the word surga (swarga) for heaven, puasa (upawasa) for fasting, neraka (naraka) for hell and bumi pertiwi for motherland...

[@abhinavgokhale6917]

​@@bluecolour8889 Its not just kings it was missionaries from north as well, north also had huge amount of missionaries travelling to SEA

[@swasg3129]

No one cares you guys have nothing to do with subcontinent or aryans.

[@ramachandraabhyankar802]

Dhanyavaad, Jay Vardhan Singh Jee ! Does the ancient period of Indian History end in 1192 ? Babur, too, invaded India, after he was evicted from Samarkand, right ? Looks like, that is often the reason for migrations and invasions.

[@JayVardhanSingh]

When the Ancient period ends, is matter of great debate. Some scholars think that with the death of Harsha the ancient period came to an end. Some believe that it was with the Arab invasion, some say it was with the Battle of Tarain, some say it was with the fall of the Kakatiyas of Warangal. About your second, yes, migration of tribes is most important and common reasons for many invasions.

[@yrg007]

You have a very visible book about akbar that you have ensured is in the frame. What are your thoughts on his rule.

[@JayVardhanSingh]

there's no such grand planning. I will make a series on him soon.

[@gravewalker34]

U shud also mention indian records. In mahabharat theres mention of 4 countries of Shakadvipa in the north. Manasa, maga, mashaka and mandaga. It sure is interpolation but from earlier time or mauryan time.

[@geraldbrefka1145]

Thanks for sharing the land of the Saka we Slavs are 50/50 Sarmatian/Slavic who took over from the Scythians the Parthians were distant cousins

[@orekiok8939]

Slavs are from Central and Eastern Europe right

[@geraldbrefka1145]

@@orekiok8939 yes but we are 50/50 Sarmatian/Slavic or you would say Saka

[@orekiok8939]

@@geraldbrefka1145 ohkkkkkk

[@ashla7323]

@@geraldbrefka1145 Is that why the Scythian/Saka gold in Ukraine was of so much interest to Russian authorities? I also recently learned Ukrainians also were quite proud of their (partial) Saka origin. I guess one way to define the Saka are an Iranian nomadic collection of tribes.

[@geraldbrefka1145]

@@ashla7323 Russians actually came from Siberia they were the Androvo people

[@alexgabriel5423]

What does the Producer of this clip know about the Iranic religion of the Sakas?? Frits Staal in Discovering the Vedas wrote that they were from the Vedic populations.... Why did they adopt Buddhism in which the Soul does not play a role?(but the mind) What Greek religion did the Saka adopt? [ Dionysus was lord Shiva, wrote Alain Daniélou in Gods of Love and Ecstasy]

[@vedicarya7]

What's ur views on Aryan invasion and out of india theories?

[@sivaratnamasabaratnam8946]

Are you trying to assert modern morality and nationalism like history? That itself an immoral because it denies the moral merit of the past! Bringing superstitions is equivalent to saying cinema movies are real events!

[@shakta_]

bhai ji currently I have been reading this Chapter called Kinship , caste And class .. This chapter in particular have focused on how Bharmans created jatis system ??. Whats your thoughts on this And why all the chapter in Indian history is rewritten in a derogatory for Bharmans .. Are the Bharmans Evil ?? I'm confused plz do reply

[@JayVardhanSingh]

If I am not wrong, this is a chapter in 12th NCERT. I think you should ignore this claim. I have just completed my MA in History, and one of the most important principles that I have learned is that you don't have to agree with every historical interpretation. You have to use your judgment while reading these interpretations. And one of the best ways to do this is to ask yourself whether what you are reading is a fact or an opinion. If it is an opinion, then it can be questioned. Now about the role of Brahmins concerning the Caste system. If anybody claims that only Brahmins benefitted from the Caste system, then they don't know what they are talking about. The Emergence of the Caste system was due to multiple factors, and if somebody claims that it was solely due to Brahmins, he doesn't know how social sciences work. Even historians like Romila Thapar argue that the Emergence of the Caste system resulted from economic and social factors where the role of Brahmins was minuscule.

[@shakta_]

@@JayVardhanSingh .. Thanks 😊 ...

[@romilmahant2971]

@@JayVardhanSingh but it was manipulated by those who could read and right for their own benefit, because most of the scriptures contain nothing but unconditional praises for brahmins and derogatory remarks for the lower castes

[@maku8075]

@@shakta_ well we bhramins did support caste system and because of our stupidy many lower caster convert to Buddhism and Jainism. And Hinduism was almost dead before it's revival. And after the Islamic invasion many more detected to Islam.

[@shahidachoudhury6925]

@@romilmahant2971 That’s the point

[@harshaddivekar2331]

Has the details about ethnicity of Shakas been discovered ? Has any DNA study been done ?

[@rahulrai3938]

There's no solid proof. Only lot if theories. These histories are complicated.

[@raktimdas9700]

But I remember The Sakas extend their power up to Mathura during Maues’s reign…. But you said his empire was conquered by the other shaka tribe under Azes-ll🫠 Edit: I just want to know about the regions conquered by Maues’s reign

[@aryananand3546]

Bro plz make video on guptas

[@JayVardhanSingh]

Yes I will make videos on the Gupta in the coming months

[@myassistantsindiabharat3252]

About Rudradamn at Junagadh belonging to shakas missing here shakas were reached north Maharashtra , Gujrat and Rajsthan also

[@saurabhlimbad7634]

Hi Jay..beautiful video... But i have read that in yeuzchi tribe moved eastward bcz chinese emperor started building Great wall of China..is that true?

[@JayVardhanSingh]

Thank you, Saurabh. The sources which I have used for this video, mention that it was the Hsiung-nu Tribe that forced the Yuezhi to migrate from the Gansu province to Ili-Basin. You can check the sources which I have used in the description. But if you have any sources that says otherwise please let me know. Thank you again.

[@saurabhlimbad7634]

@@JayVardhanSingh i m sorry Jay...may b i mis-read it...not able to fond now

[@JayVardhanSingh]

No worries, but if you do find any reference please let me know. I will be happy to correct myself. In the end we are all here to learn.

[@anshumishra400]

I have few questions 1. Who was mithradates 1? 2. How sakas and parthians came in power after indogreek power decline in india ? 3. Vonones family and their territory?

[@JayVardhanSingh]

Mithradates and Vonones were both Parthian kings, you can know more about it from the sources I have provided in the description or you can read about it on Wikipedia. About the question of how the Sakas and Parthians came to power. Wath these videos. Start with the Indo Greeks - kzbin.info/www/bejne/sGrZfqWke9ONpqM Then watch this kzbin.info/www/bejne/mHu1d4doqJlsd9E

[@anshumishra400]

Thank u so much , ur all videos are very informative ...

[@JayVardhanSingh]

Glad you found my videos informative

[@Miles-co5xm]

i wonder why so less views ?

[@Shrapit_Rakshas108]

Loved your work brother. Please debunk the racist 'Aryan-Mongilian-Dravidian' theory introduced to manipulate & distort Indian history. All humans are one single race with changes in skin Colour & facial features defending upon one's geographical terrain & habitat.

[@romilmahant2971]

Are you nuts? Aryan, shakas, huns,kushanas, mughals, turks, all invaded and migrated to Indian subcontinent

[@obiwan3375]

Indian have 10% stepp ancestry but Europeans have 50% if migrations never happened then where did those genes came from and those skeletons found in stepps of eurasia are related to every asian nd European. And what you are saying is wrong bcoz it takes almost 100,000 thousand years to change physical features of a species or becoming a new race in other words impossible the only reason why india have different ethnicities it's bcoz of different migrations nd assimilations but looking at the Indian politics it's wise to not accept these facts

[@surajmalusare1940]

@@romilmahant2971 Europeans have R1a in their DNA, Indians don't have DNA of European

[@anshsinghsuri]

@@romilmahant2971 they did not invade and drove out the dravidians, they assimilated with them, shaka tribe descendants can still be seen in punjab in tribes of jats, gujjars, tarkhans and khatris, and alot of them carry dark skin because we have dravidian dna aswell. I am from the Tarkhan tribe which are said to be descendants of Sakas, and I have a brown skin tone because of the mixture of Scythian and Dravidian dna.

[@shariqrasulofficial]

@@anshsinghsuri Who are Barahmins then if not Scythians? Are they related to that agricultural tribe of Ukrainians who resided in Haryana in the first place then scattered in whole of India to spread their word

[@janakkatuwal1436]

Do you know about anything Khasa People? Nepali, the present official language of Nepal, before Sanskritization used to be called Khasa Kura or Khasa Language. I have found that Khasa Language had a number system related to Kharosti where 20 is focused as KORI and half kori to 10, etc. Also, their tone of language was different but slowly because of the Sanskrit influence in that language, this trend is vanishing. Why are they called Khasa People in Hindu texts?

[@JayVardhanSingh]

About your question, I don't have any information. Previously, other people also wanted to know about the Khasa people. I will try to find if there is any work that has been done by scholars. If you find anything about the Khasas do share. I would love to know more about them. Thank you

[@vanshsharma1656]

All things you mentioned is communist theory. All central Asian languages,persian,khasa languages and sanskrit are from one family

[@alexgabriel5423]

The Flower Ornament Sutra or AvatamSAKA Sutra is a large Sutra in Mahayana Buddhism. The material first written in Sanskrit was collected by the Saka and translated into Saka, who adopted the Brahmi script. I am very curious to learn if the Saka text or fragments of this giant Sutra exist. It was translated into English by Thomas Cleary who mentioned the Saka and the use of their collected texts as the version used by the Chinese for their translation. The book is about 1600 pages and it is very beautiful filled with great poetry. The Saka language may thus possess a literary 'monument'...

[@KrishnaVerma-cz2zk]

First of all thanks for knowledge full video. I have a question. In some book like mahesh kumar barnwal . It is mentioned that MAUES OR MOGA is the first INDIAN PARTHIAN ruler but in this lecture you told that he was SHAKAS. please clear this doubt.

[@JayVardhanSingh]

Glad you found the video informative. About your question, the sources which I have used clearly states that Maues was a Shaka. If you want to know about the Indo-Parthians. See this video kzbin.info/www/bejne/mHu1d4doqJlsd9E

[@KrishnaVerma-cz2zk]

@@JayVardhanSingh I know MAUES was a shaka ruler but it clearly mentioned that maues was the first INDIAN parthian ruler in mahesh kumar barnawal hindi medium history book and he was also mentioned as a first INDIAN parthian ruler in gyan chand Yadav history book. From your deeply researched lecture i know that you may clear my doubt thats why i asked.

[@JayVardhanSingh]

You can see the sources, which I have used for this video in the description. The sources which I have used are specific to this period and written by scholars who specialize in this period, so I believe they are more credible. You can also look at Upinder Singh's A History of Ancient and Early Medieval India (pg 375), here also Maeues is identified as a Shaka ruler.

[@KrishnaVerma-cz2zk]

@@JayVardhanSingh thank you. Please keep it up your way of delivering historical events are unique.

[@maku8075]

@@KrishnaVerma-cz2zk he was the first Sakas to rule the indus

[@ritz9533]

I felt that carryminati is speaking 😁 , the accent . Btw such a nice explanation , tq 💙

[@hariunnithan9]

The Western and Northern Kshatrapas (Satraps) were said to be descended from the Sakas as was the Sakya clan of Gautama Siddhartha.

[@user-dj5ym4vj7u]

Please make a video about Emperor Vikram Sen or Vikramaditya

[@JayVardhanSingh]

Yes, will soon make a video on this.

[@user-dj5ym4vj7u]

@@JayVardhanSingh Oh , thanks

[@Rajj854]

The tribe who defeated the Yeuzhi are called the Xiongnu. They are a famous tribe in their own right.

[@cobidbeksin5200]

And the xiongnu were defeated by the Han empire.

[@kraut1982]

Sakas or Western Kshatrapa kings from their coins have no resemblance to Central Asian in either looks or continued culture from Central Asia. Are these Western Kshatrapa really Central Asian Saka? Ili valley Sakas seems to have moved in to what is Ladakh Baltistan region. We still see some resemblance in the present day people. The Syr Darya saka’s headdress looks very much like modern Sikh’s childs turban. So although we do not see resemblance of central asian features in modern Punjabis the headdress might be inspired .

[@SMCGPRA]

Then which tribe budda belong to saka right

[@benefactor4309]

Gobi desert has produced so many n central Asian nomadic tribes. Sakas, Huns, Turks, Mongols.

[@farnabazat5395]

You should explain the word saka is came from old Persian texts and later from the Persians called these people shakas .from the inscription of Achaemenid Empire they described four kind of sakas !! And the word saka in old Persian means homeless and the people who doesnt live in one single place

[@sivaratnamasabaratnam8946]

Saka means full blood! Sakodar means brethren!

[@pranshudwivedi4267]

Please make a video on Hun invasion of India

[@JayVardhanSingh]

Yes, I am going to make a video on this topic. Thank you for your suggestion.

[@dionisiodussart5629]

Xiongnus, a mixed population, proto-hunnic, was in conflict with the first chinese imperial dynasties when they submitted the yuezhis and later attacked them, pushing them till the Balkash Lake, current Kazakhstan. The wusuns, another indo-european people, became also vassal of the xiongnus. As the yuezhis, in panic had attacked them, they became enemies. The wusuns replaced the yuezhis at the uli basin.

[@hernishm1816]

Are these the same Saka group to which the price Siddharth (i.e. Gautam Buddh) belonged? Or are they a different people?

[@JayVardhanSingh]

He was a Shakya. Shakyas were a clan of the Kshatriyas. Shakas, on the other hand, are nomadic groups that came to India from Central Asia. The period of migration was around the 1st century BCE.

[@hernishm1816]

@@JayVardhanSinghThank you for clarifying. So, are Shakyas indigenous people of North India?

[@kartikthakur6931]

probably@@hernishm1816​

[@rahu844]

No sakya Saka ek hi h jb vm kshatriya kehte h survanshi kehte tb iska mtlb hm Scythian ki bat kr rhe h Scythian are actual Aryan or kshatriya Jo ek Desh ke logo me mix huye h jese maharana Pratap ki race Scythian hi h lekin iska mtlb ye nhi h ki rajput Scythian ho gye rajput alg alg races or castes se milkar bne h​@@hernishm1816

[@dara_1989]

how did d yuechi come to china 🤨🤨 or was it there homeland ??!!

[@muhammedsahal8406]

Does the Scythians equate to Sakas and the Pahlavas constitute the Indo-Parthians?

[@JayVardhanSingh]

Yes, but most of the time, Indian sources use these terms like Yavanas, Shakas and Pahlavas interchangeably.

[@brightburnedits4278]

Both are Iranic people

[@MD-yt2vd]

@@brightburnedits4278 central Asians

[@brightburnedits4278]

@@MD-yt2vd iranic both

[@MD-yt2vd]

@@brightburnedits4278 Persians lost to Greeks,Arabs,Turks but Indians only lost to British

[@ajayindiana]

👍👍👍👍👍👍👍👍👍

[@sayantanmondal2403]

Scythians

[@mekaeil8018]

No one is Scythians without adghans, Pamiries, ossentians, yagnobi and wakhies because with profe scythians were east iranic group and their laungage was east Iranic so simple answer who is east iranic group by ethenici as well as by laungage no one without afghans, yagnobi, Pamiries, ossentians and wakhies we are scythians and real scythians rest of their is only thories we was the first who invaded Greeks in their home Greece and east Europe mostly Slavic people who are natural warriors but Infront of us they left their swords.

[@sterinumm4765]

The saka inscription in issik kurgan now offiziel iranien 😎

[@bassessence7538]

I thought we were sakas not Shakas but a lot of Scottish and Northern people have Scythian genes

[@swasg3129]

Shakas is indo iranian not European

[@sivaratnamasabaratnam8946]

​@@swasg3129The Proto Iranian s or Sakas from Ossetian region migrated to East Hungary and Ireland that what he means! Ire land means Aryaland!

[@meditatingbeastunleashed]

Please make video on kalash people from Pakistan, they are some last indogreek They are only few 🙏🙏🙏🙏🙏

[@JayVardhanSingh]

Thank you, but there are many studies that doesn't suggest this. Here is one www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4570283/ This study points that the Kalash people are no way related to the Greeks. Their ethnicity is different from the Greek. Do take a look.

[@tarangballaiya5644]

@@JayVardhanSingh ok i got it but please make a video on them their culture and there traditional are so Unnique

[@rtam7097]

@@tarangballaiya5644 they are closest to the original Vedic peoples

[@obiwan3375]

They are not indo Greeks they are one of the original vedic clan vedic people were divided into various which was also the reason why they were always fighting

[@dmnxexotic0p55]

Please debunk the Aryan invasion theory OR the out of india theory whichever do u think is false , debunk that one...

[@sivaratnamasabaratnam8946]

There was no India or Pakistan then! Nation state innovated through the merit of defending! Don't insert future tense to past!

[@mahendrapatel3503]

You have good ethices .now evryone are hi du cast as a rajpoot.

[@Barlas511]

Yueji, maybe Yajuj or Gog people.

[@alivirk3025]

Saka Aryani, Punjab

[@maggot92]

kshatraps = kshatriya

[@parjanyashukla176]

Apollodotus = अपोलो दत्त

[@Koorush_bazurg]

Love from Punjab Pakistan 😚

[@stephanelafargue4709]

I am french n very Intérêsting with scytian sakas india bharat I love rusia and akhand bharat

[@anilmalik168]

Jatts = pure Scythian Saka Rajput's got mixed with Dravidian for titles

[@AliAhmed-ve5xl]

Jatts are brown

[@anshsinghsuri]

Dumbass, all shaka descendants tarkhans, khatris, jatts, rajputs and gujjars are scythians mixed with aryan and dravidian genetics.

[@ashla7323]

Jatts also have mixture that is why they are thought to be 'Indo-Scythians' rather than just Scythians. Saka tribes in the west would have had admixture with Macedonians, Italians, Slavs/Rus people etc. Isn't Osetia considered Saka as well? I do get your point though - It is possible that Rajputs are descended from Saka tribes who migrated to interior of India a little earlier than later Saka tribes who became Jatts. That is why the last names so often are shared (Senger, Chauhan, etc.) and why sometimes Jatt and to a lesser extent Rajput gotras are not aligned to traditional Vedic ones which are based on the Rishis.

[@Akon1998hell]

@@AliAhmed-ve5xl rarely

[@greatkaafir7478]

Lol Rajput's Are The Original Kshtriya's We Can Provide Our Ancister King's Name " Pathans ( Afghan's ) Are The Pure Scythian's While Rajput Used To Mary Jaat Womans And Share Their Gotra's On Jaat ( Tomar, Bhati Chaohan, Solanki ) !✌️

[@singhhimanshu0022]

Where were Rajput?

[@anshsinghsuri]

Rajput, Gujjar, Tarkhans & Jatts are descendants of Shaka tribes that mixed with the dravidians.

[@ashla7323]

@@anshsinghsuri Don't necessarily know they mixed with 'Dravidians' - there are North Indian Brahmins from Kashmir and Punjab who were Sanskrit speaking and ethno-linguistically Indo-European. I mean to say there were other non-Dravidian groups inhabiting most of North India prior to the entrance of Sakas and Kushans.

[@Steve..529]

@@anshsinghsuri You're Dumb bro That's not Dravidians. That's Indus valley dna Dravidian dna is Called Onge Dna. Jatts have 40 % Aryan dna 50% Indus valley and around 8% South Indian (onge) dna

[@hunar354]

@@anshsinghsuri you have no knowledge of genetics. Bro that's not Dravidian. Dravidians are Linguistic group 3500 years Aryans migrated with the people of Indus valley to form ancestral north Indian And Aryans mixed with the People who had onge dna,and That's how Ancestral South Indians were formed. And Then Ancestral North Indians mixed with Ancestral South Indians to Form People who looked like MS Dhoni. These people were brown in colour. And then these people again Mixed with Onge Dna people and These people who mixed with Onge dna people looked like Present day Dalit Tamils. The people who Looked like Dhoni (ASi+ANi ) Then later started to rule india and Form kingdoms like Kuru, Panchala etc. Later in 200 bce, Sakas invaded India and Migated in huge Numbers to form The jat tribes.

[@greatkaafir7478]

Rajput's Are The Original Indian Kshtriya's, Don't Divide Us On Stupid Race, ✌️

[@waseemabbas3873]

Yochi is Chainese Sakha is Cantor Asians Wait Huns is Mongol

[@serkankinden5150]

Saka are not grecoroman. Grecoromans are southeast european and anatolian as relatives of persians. Scythians were real central asian turkic/ugric people. Sakastan is actually turkmenstan not afghanstan. They conquered afghanstan later as turkmen yürük (nomad) people also who are related to sumerians (sakirs). On the other hand, indogreeks are relative of persian and grecoroman people who came from macedonia and conquered southwest asia together with persians. Yuezhi are northern central asian, they are located in north of tajikstan. I think they were tajiks related to indogreeks or persians of west asia.

[@sivaratnamasabaratnam8946]

Turks didn't exist before Shahnama!

[@serkankinden5150]

@@sivaratnamasabaratnam8946 Turkic, hunnic, oghur/oghuz, ugric etc. were living in central asia. Turkic people are one of the oldest nations.

[@hellofitness7862]

Who are Marathas..??

[@rajeshmalik5254]

The Marathas like rajput are Dravidians, refer to genetics of Indians population.

[@Samuray1955]

Step, Nomad, Horse/Horse milk+meat eaters/Horse sacrifices/Horse riders/Joint human+horse burials/ Trousers, Kurgan culture is a protoTurk culture (Cimmerian, Scythian, Sak, Sarmatian, Massaget, Thracian/Frakian, Hun, Alan, Avar, Bulgar, Magyar, Peceneg, Khazar, Tatar...) from Altai to the Danube!

[@esrefyalnklcl6500]

even the pronounciation is wrong, not shakas, şakas, but 'Sakha'(s), thesere are the Turkic people in the Eurasian steppes in the antiquity and dominated from the China wall to India and from Siberia to Ukraine and the Iranian plateau. Şaka is just a joke dude!'...

[@MD-yt2vd]

Shut up Turk where is your Chinese look you look like European

[@McuThar]

Sakas are iranic pepple not turkic stop nonsence

[@anshsinghsuri]

Tf, Shakas are not turkic, none of the modern day descendants of shakas or indo-scythians have turkic ancestry or speak turkic languages. All of them date back to Iranian orgins.

[@houseofhope6885]

We gypsys are orginal Sakas! Scythian tribe SIGYNNAE AND SINTI !

[@vishalmalik1714]

Gypsy❤

[@Theintelligentsian]

Gypsy were share many common names with Jats and Rajputs

[@AlEx-qj3de]

Ashoka = AA Shaka, SHAKAS Yeu Chi = Ephthalite = Av dalli Abdalli= Durrani Sythians= Swati tribes of Dir, Swat, Battagram, Mansehra, all driven out by Afghan-Yousafzai & Tarklanri pushes from Western Salang pass side

[@brightburnedits4278]

Sakas are iranic

[@MD-yt2vd]

Iranians are Indians

[@brightburnedits4278]

@@MD-yt2vd indians are iranian

[@anshsinghsuri]

@@brightburnedits4278 yeah, cause to migrate into india has to be done through Iranian territories, so north indians are actually stepp descendants of the iranians that mixed with the dravidians.

[@ZeeshanAhmad-khilji]

Yes eastern iranic

[@kavitachitre3101]

The Shakas were driven out of Bharat by The Satvahana king Saptakarni in 1st centuri. So he was honoured by name Shakari

[@vve2059]

There is only one kshatriya Hari Kula Surya Vamshi Samrat Vikramaditya from Mathura/Magadha who united whole of Bharat🕉🇮🇳

[@prasantabagh432]

@@vve2059 randput

[@vanshsharma1656]

His son or grandson married shaka princess for good relations between shaka kingdom and satvahana kingdom

[@Skylark241]

What is the source?

[@sivaratnamasabaratnam8946]

Yashodharman

[@anshsinghsuri]

Wow this is interesting, I am from the Tarkhan tribe in punjab who is said to be descendants of indo-scythian saka tribe. Maybe that’d true because the word tarkhan comes from the word dharkhan that central asians use.

[@vanshsharma1656]

All punjabis have scythian ancestory specially jatts,tarkhan,rajputs and brahmins

[@anshsinghsuri]

@@vanshsharma1656 i see

[@vanshsharma1656]

@@Steve..529 scythians are also part of indo aryan family

[@vanshsharma1656]

@@Steve..529 brahmins also have different ancestory according to region in upper himachal like kinnaur,lahaul spiti they are mixed with mongoloid tribes in nepal they are mixed with kiratas

[@navdeepsinghsembhi7485]

Yes sythian use tarkhan title

[@ricardoreinhard5157]

My people Gypsy❤️💪🏼

[@AryanJatt999]

the jat people are decended from the sakas

[@ZeeshanAhmad-khilji]

Sakas are eastern iranic and jutt are Indo Aryan not iranic.

[@asinh1100]

Bhai Jat to Jat hai .. Scythian Kya hai uske age

[@vinaySingh-ny7un]

So what now they are around hindu and sikhs???

[@vinaySingh-ny7un]

So what????they're proud hindu and Sikh???

[@cocothegoldenretriever5072]

Reality is you jat are the mixbred as your ancestors were servants of these rulers and you people were actually adivasis at that time raped by irani greeks and scythians

[@Skylark241]

I am a Jat, a descendant of Indo Scythians (Sakas)

[@ZeeshanAhmad-khilji]

O folish , sakas are eastern iranic and jatt are Indo Aryan.

[@user-cq8hw3ni7g]

bhosdu indo scythians dekh kon h@@ZeeshanAhmad-khilji

[@Kushwahaji2708]

@@ZeeshanAhmad-khilji must be connection with medes empire

[@vishalmalik1714]

​@@ZeeshanAhmad-khilji jats mainly 9 haplogroups groups se bni race hai Mainly 2 race indo-arya 2000bce and after that indo-sythians around 200bce Ye depend krta hai gotras pr Kuch gotra aryo se mile Kuch sythians se So basically jats are indo-arya-sythians Sakas rule north India for many years with the title of ksatrap Ex-rudradaman❤

[@Theintelligentsian]

​@@vishalmalik1714 Yes, I also think so Jats have gotras who's name are similar to Both Scythian tribes, Vedic era clans and Northern farming communities Like Indo Scythian- Gill-Gillae(Scythian clan) Dahiya- Dahea(Scythian clan) Sindhu/Sandhu- Sindhu(Scythian clan) Indo Aryan Sheoran-Shivran (Mahabharat tribe) Brar-Brahrar (Tribe of Punjab mentioned in Purana) Farming communities Rathi-Rath/rahi(Sindhi Farming tribe)

[@rijutruthwarrior1128]

Indo Greeks were greco buddhist.

[@human8454]

These jats ,gujjars and rajputs are scythian origin only

[@greatkaafir7478]

No Rajput's Are Original Indian Kshtriya's Jaat And Gujjer's Are Central Asian Tribes " ✌️

[@lakshaychaudhary1397]

@@greatkaafir7478original indian Kshatriya 😂

[@Oskar_Von_Reuenthal_1]

​@@greatkaafir7478Wrong Rajputs were descendants of huns

[@human8454]

@@shubhamji36 all are invaders of our indus valley civilization

[@pikachue602]

@@Oskar_Von_Reuenthal_1 no

[@cocothegoldenretriever5072]

Scythians are actually descendant of ancient Mongolian and Chinese people

[@sivaratnamasabaratnam8946]

Wrong! Scythians are Ossetians proto Iranians!

[@Theintelligentsian]

No they looked white They looked like Jats of India and Oseetians