Saka,śaka,shaka ellersaca (gammelpersisk:sakā,persisk: ساکا;sanskrit:śaka;gresk: Σάκαι,sákai;latin:sacae;kinesisk: 塞,gammelkinesisk:*sək,pinyin:sāi) var nomadiskeiranske folk. I historisk tid befolket det nordlige og østligeeurasiske steppe ogTarimbekkenet.[1][2]
- ^Beckwith 2009, s. 68 harvnb error: no target: CITEREFBeckwith2009 (help) Sitat: «Modern scholars have mostly used the name Saka to refer to Iranians of the Eastern Steppe and Tarim Basin»
- ^Dandamayev 1994, s. 37 harvnb error: no target: CITEREFDandamayev1994 (help) Sitat: «In modern scholarship the name 'Sakas' is reserved for the ancient tribes of northern and eastern Central Asia and Eastern Turkestan to distinguish them from the related Massagetae of the Aral region and the Scythians of the Pontic steppes. These tribes spoke Iranian languages, and their chief occupation was nomadic pastoralism.»
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