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== Origins ==

[[File:Saka warrior Termez Achaeological Museum.jpg|thumb|upright=101.0|alt=Painted sculpture of a young, bearded man|Sculpted head of a Saka warrior, enemy of the [[Yuezhi]], from [[Khalchayan]] in northern [[Bactria]] ([[Afghanistan]]), first century BCE.<ref>{{cite journal |last1=Abdullaev |first1=Kazim |title=Nomad Migration in Central Asia (in After Alexander: Central Asia before Islam) |journal=Proceedings of the British Academy |date=2007 |volume=133 |pages=87–98 |url=https://www.academia.edu/6864202 |language=en}}</ref><ref>{{cite book |title=Greek Art in Central Asia, Afghan – Encyclopaedia Iranica |url=http://www.iranicaonline.org/articles/greece-viii#prettyPhoto[content]/7/}}</ref><ref>[https://i.pinimg.com/originals/bf/c2/42/bfc242271c38d714044837d179faab53.jpg Also a Saka according to this source]</ref>]]

The ancestors of the Indo-Scythians are thought to have been [[Saka]] ([[Scythian]]) tribes.