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Revision as of 23:16, 18 February 2006 by Siddiqui (talk | contribs)(diff) ← Previous revision | Latest revision (diff) | Newer revision → (diff)Sakastan or Sakaistan or Sakasthan is the area of South Asia where the Scythians or Sakas settled around 100 BCE. Sakastan region includes southern Afghanistan; Punjab, NWFP, and Sindh provinces of Pakistan; also includes Gujarat, Rajasthan, Haryana and Punjab states of India.
The Rajputs are considered to be descendents of Scythians who were a branch of the Indo-European Sakas, who migrated from southern Siberia into Bactria, Sogdiana, Kashmir and finally into Arachosia and then South Asia from the middle of the 2nd century BCE to the 1st century BCE. The Sakas also settled in areas of southern Afghanistan and western Pakistan, still called after them as Sakastan. The Sakas conquered and settled in South Asia around 180 BCE. They were accepted in Hinduism as Raj-put (children of the kings) caste of Kashatriyas after their support of Hindu crusade against Buddhism.
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