Re: [tied] Three Horses revisited

--- In cybalist@..., george knysh <gknysh@...> wrote:

> the as yet undeciphered "Katiari" and the
> o-iri-aspya). Prior to the R Sc./Cimm. the system in
> place might have been that of the descendants of the
> "three sons" of Targitaos: Aukhatae, Katiari, Traspies
> (using Herodotus' terms), I'll have to think through
> the complications. Archaeologically it is most
> tempting (assuming all that has so far been assumed)
> to associate the "o-iri-aspya" with the Srubna
> culture. If only we could come up with something for
> "Katiari"!! We cannot rule out that there was an older
> layer of just "two" combinants which was replaced by
> "three" when the "o-iri-aspya" (surely Iranic these?)
> arrived.=== Do you think there might be any way of
> working in "arya" into "Katiari"?******
>

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As a thought, " Kataria" is an North Indian Clan name, The temptation
is there to associate Kataria with the Katiari is there, though a
Piotr cautions one that it may just be a similar sounding word.

Many Saka, scythian tribes did end up in India.

Regards


Ravi