Indo Scythian

Is haplogroup R1a or R1b Turkic/Turanian or Indo-European?

I’ve read that R1a is considered a Indo-European haplogroup. What about R1b? Some people claim that R1a is Scythian, and that the Scythians were Turkic/Turanic. What are the facts?

Indo-European, these haplogroups orinated in the Caucasus

1-5 Scythian Ice Maiden – Indo-Europeans in the Altai


Indo-Scythians, Azes II, 35 - 12 B.C.; Bronze AE 28


Indo-Scythians, Azes II, 35 – 12 B.C.; Bronze AE 28



Indo-Scythians, Azes II, 35 – 12 B.C.; Bronze AE 28; references: Mitchiner 850k; aF; 13.895 g, maximum diameter 28.6 mm, die axis 0 degrees, Taxila mint, obverse humped bull right, monogram above; reverse Kharoshthi legend, lion right, monogram above (Forum #37115)…


KUSHAN Coin. KING HUVISHKA on COUCH. FIRE GOD Pharro. Bactrian Legend.


KUSHAN Coin. KING HUVISHKA on COUCH. FIRE GOD Pharro. Bactrian Legend.


$79.99


Kushan Empire.
King Huvishka 126 to 164 A.D.
Seated on couch open legged.
Name in Bactrian Legend.

Reverse:

Fire god Pharro holding fire in right hand.
Four Pronged Tamgha – In Left Field.

Copper Tetradrachm = four Drachms.
Needs a Reference as Kushan Coins are very rare.
but see this link:
http://www.wildwinds.com/coins/greece/indo_scythians/huvishka/t.html.

Large Thick Heavy Copper Module.
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The Greeks in Bactria and India


The Greeks in Bactria and India


$40.00


Written by a highly regarded scholar in the field, this is the first published study on the Greek kingdoms of Bactria and India that treats them as Hellenistic states. The book begins with an overview of the Seleucid settlement, providing a background to the relations between Greeks and Asiatics after the death of Alexander the Great. Covering the period from 206 to 145 BCE, the book analyses the …

Indo-Scythian Studies: Being Khotanese Texts Volume VII


Indo-Scythian Studies: Being Khotanese Texts Volume VII


$26.73


For some fifty years Sir Harold Bailey has studied and interpreted the northern area of Indian Buddhist culture in the Khotan Saka documents of Central Asia dated between the fifth and tenth centuries AD. In this volume the author discusses the form, provenance and identity of the peoples known to the Court of the Kingdom of Khotan and included within the Khotanese texts. Links are made with the l…

Indo-Greek, Indo-Scythian and Indo-Parthian Coins in the Smithsonian Institution


Indo-Greek, Indo-Scythian and Indo-Parthian Coins in the Smithsonian Institution



This book is by a renown scholar outlining this significant collection. It has 142 pages plus 41 full page photo plates of coins. It also includes maps, and Greco – Bactrian coins in detail and has hundreds of coins listed and described….