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Mardonius (nephew of Darius I)
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Saka
The Saka (Old Persian: ; Kharoṣṭhī: 𐨯𐨐 ; Ancient Egyptian: , ; , old , mod. , ), Shaka (Sanskrit (Brāhmī): , , ; Sanskrit (Devanāgarī): शक , शाक ), or Sacae (Ancient Greek: ; Latin: ) were a group of nomadic Eastern Iranian peoples who historically inhabited the northern and eastern Eurasian Steppe and the Tarim Basin. The Sakas were closely related to the European Scythians, and both groups formed part of the wider Scythian cultures and ultimately derived from the earlier Andronovo culture, and the Saka language formed part of the Scythian languages.