File:Bust of a man from Khalchayan.jpg

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Actual photograph, Termez Achaeological Museum
English: Bust of a man, a defeated Saka warrior, found at Khalchayan, a major site of the Yuezhi (later Kushan) people, in Bactria (modern Surxondaryo Province, Uzbekistan). Painted clay. 1st century BCE, Termez Achaeological Museum.

This is a Saka warrior, appearing as a defeated enemy in the victory sculptural scenes of the Yuezhi/Kushans at Kalchayan, according to:

  1. (2007). "Nomad Migration in Central Asia (in After Alexander: Central Asia before Islam)". Proceedings of the British Academy 133: 87–98.
  2. Encyclopedia Iranica http://www.iranicaonline.org/articles/greece-viii#prettyPhoto[content]/7/
  3. Also a Saka according to this source
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Source drawn by Artacoana from images by V. Terebenine: http://www.iranica.com/articles/greece-viii http://www.barkhatcruise.com/eng/read.php?name=ter-mon and http://www.sairamtour.com/news/gems/47.html
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