Saka_warrior_Termez_Achaeological_Museum.jpg

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Description	English: Bust of a man, a defeated Saka warrior, found at Khalchayan, a major site of the Yuezhi (later Kushan) people, in Bactria (modern Surxondaryo Province, Uzbekistan). Painted clay. First century BCE, Termez Achaeological Museum. This is a Saka warrior, appearing as a defeated enemy in the victory sculptural scenes of the Yuezhi/Kushans at Kalchayan, according to: (2007). " Nomad Migration in Central Asia (in After Alexander: Central Asia before Islam) ". Proceedings of the British Academy 133 : 87–98. Encyclopedia Iranica "Head of a Saka, from Khalchayan" http://www.iranicaonline.org/articles/greece-viii#prettyPhoto[content]/7/ Also a Saka warrior according to this source
Date	13 October 2018
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Author	Nicoletta Stofkoper
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