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 𝐓𝐡𝐞 𝐒𝐚𝐤𝐚/𝐒𝐜𝐲𝐭𝐡𝐢𝐚𝐧 𝐏𝐚𝐤𝐡𝐭𝐮𝐧 𝐨𝐫𝐠𝐢𝐧 𝐨𝐟 𝐁𝐮𝐝𝐝𝐡𝐚 𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐒𝐡𝐚𝐤𝐲𝐚𝐬 (𝐒𝐚𝐤𝐚 𝐏𝐚𝐤𝐡𝐭𝐮𝐧𝐬) 𝐫𝐨𝐲𝐚𝐥 𝐭𝐫𝐢𝐛𝐞 𝐨𝐟 𝐁𝐮𝐝𝐝𝐡𝐚,

𝐀𝐧𝐜𝐢𝐞𝐧𝐭 𝐀𝐟𝐠𝐡𝐚𝐧𝐢𝐬𝐭𝐚𝐧 𝐰𝐚𝐬 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐧𝐚𝐭𝐢𝐯𝐞 𝐨𝐫𝐢𝐠𝐢𝐧 𝐨𝐟 𝐍𝐞𝐨-𝐁𝐮𝐝𝐝𝐡𝐢𝐬𝐦.

Some scholars, including 𝗠𝗶𝗰𝗵𝗮𝗲𝗹 𝗪𝗶𝘁𝘇𝗲𝗹 and 𝗖𝗵𝗿𝗶𝘀𝘁𝗼𝗽𝗵𝗲𝗿 𝗜. 𝗕𝗲𝗰𝗸𝘄𝗶𝘁𝗵 suggested that the 𝗦𝗵𝗮𝗸𝘆𝗮𝘀, the 𝗁𝗂𝗌𝗍𝗈𝗋𝗂𝖼𝖺𝗅 clan o𝖿 𝗚𝗮𝘂𝘁𝗮𝗺𝗮 𝗕𝘂𝗱𝗱𝗵𝗮, were originally Scythians from Central Asia (𝗕𝗮𝗰𝘁𝗿𝗶𝗮),and that the Indian ethnonym Śākya has the same origin as “Scythian”, called 𝗦𝗮𝗸𝗮𝘀 in India. This would also explain the strong support of the Sakas 'ᵖᵃᵏʰᵗᵘⁿˢ ᵒᶠ ⁱⁿᵈⁱᵃ' for the 𝗕𝘂𝗱𝗱𝗵𝗶𝘀𝘁 faith in India.

𝗡𝗼𝘁𝗲𝘀:

1. Bulletin of the Asia Institute: The Archaeology and Art of Central Asia. Studies From the Former Soviet

Union. New Series. Edited by B. A. Litvinskii and Carol Altman Bromberg. Translation directed by Mary

Fleming Zirin. Vol. 8, (1994), pp 37–46.

2. Liu, Xinru 2001 "Migration and Settlement of the Yuezhi-Kushan: Interaction and Interdependence of

Nomadic and Sedentary Societies." Journal of World History, Volume 12, No. 2, Fall 2001. University of

Hawaii Press, pp 261–292. [8] (http://muse.jhu.edu/journals/jwh/) .

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