Saka
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Historic group of nomadic Iranian peoples
"Sacae" redirects here. For the South Australian College of Advanced Education, see University of South Australia.
For the land of the Saka under the Sassanid dynasty, see Sakastan.
Not to be confused with the Sakha, the endonym of the Yakut people of Siberia. For other uses, see Saka (disambiguation).
Saka
Cataphract-style parade armour of a Saka royal, also known as "The Golden Warrior", from the Issyk kurgan, a historical burial site near Almaty, Kazakhstan. Circa 400–200 BC.[1]
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The Saka, Śaka, Shaka, Śāka or Sacae (Old Persian: