Not to be confused with Sindhis, an ethnolinguistic group in South Asia.
The Sindi (Ancient Greek: Σινδοι, romanized: Sindoi; Latin: Sindi) (Sinto-Meaotays) were an ancient Scythian people who primarily lived in western Ciscaucasia. A portion of the Sindi also lived in Central Europe. Their name is variously written, and Pomponius Mela calls them Sindones, Lucian, Sindianoi.
Sindi warrior statue. Limestone, I A.D.[clarification needed] Kerch Archaeology Museum.Ancient terracotta vessels unearthed at the Sindian necropolis near Phanagoria. The photograph by Prokudin-Gorskii (c. 1912).
As the Scythians lost more territory in Ciscaucasia to the Sauromatians over the course of the late 6th century BC, the Sindi remained the only Scythian group still present in the region, in the area called Sindica (Ancient Greek: Σινδικη, romanized: Sindikē; Latin: Sindica) by the Greeks and which corresponded to the area west of present-day Krasnodar, in the Taman peninsula.[2]
The Kingdom of Sindica existed for over 400 years, and it was after annexed by the Bosporan Kingdom.[2]
Central Europeedit
Unlike the majority of the Sindi, who remained in the northern Caucasus, a smaller section of the Sindi migrated westwards and settled into the Hungarian Plain as part of the expansion of the Scythian into Central Europe during the 7th to 6th centuries BC, and they soon lost contact with the Scythians who remained in the Pontic Steppe. The 3rd century BC Greek author Apollonius of Rhodes located a population of the Sindi living alongside the Sigynnae and the otherwise unknown Grauci in the "plain of Laurion", which is likely the eastern part of the Pannonian Basin.[3][4][1]
Archaeologyedit
North Caucasusedit
The Scythian ruling class in the Maeotian country initially buried their dead in kurgans while the native Maeotian populace were buried in flat cemeteries. Burials in Sindica continued this tradition, and members of the Sindi ruling class continued being buried in kurgans while the Maeotians continued to be buried in flat graves.[2]
After earlier Scythian earthworks built in the 6th century BC along the right bank of the Kuban river were abandoned in the 4th century BC, when the Sauromatians took over most of Ciscaucasia, the Sindi built a new series of earthworks on their eastern borders. One of the Sindi earthworks was located at Yelizavetinskaya [ru], where was located a c. 400 BC kurgan in which several humans were buried and which contained the skeletons of 200 horses.[2]
Olbrycht, Marek Jan (2000). "Remarks on the Presence of Iranian Peoples in Europe and Their Asiatic Relations". Collectanea Celto-Asiatica Cracoviensia. Kraków: Księgarnia Akademicka. pp. 105–107. ISBN978-8-371-88337-8.
sindi, people, confused, with, sindhis, ethnolinguistic, group, south, asia, sindi, ancient, greek, Σινδοι, romanized, sindoi, latin, sindi, sinto, meaotays, were, ancient, scythian, people, primarily, lived, western, ciscaucasia, portion, sindi, also, lived, . Not to be confused with Sindhis an ethnolinguistic group in South Asia The Sindi Ancient Greek Sindoi romanized Sindoi Latin Sindi Sinto Meaotays were an ancient Scythian people who primarily lived in western Ciscaucasia A portion of the Sindi also lived in Central Europe Their name is variously written and Pomponius Mela calls them Sindones Lucian Sindianoi Contents 1 History 1 1 Ciscaucasia 1 2 Central Europe 2 Archaeology 2 1 North Caucasus 3 References 3 1 Citations 3 2 SourcesHistory editCiscaucasia edit Kingdom of Sindicac 8th century BC c 380 BCCommon languagesScythianMaeotianAncient GreekReligionScythian religionMaeotian religionAncient Greek religionGovernmentMonarchyKing Historical eraIron Age Scythian culture Scythian retreat from Ciscaucasiac 8th century BC Conquest by the Bosporan Kingdomc 380 BCPreceded by Succeeded by nbsp Scythia Bosporan Kingdom nbsp Today part ofSouthern Russia nbsp Sindi warrior statue Limestone I A D clarification needed Kerch Archaeology Museum nbsp Ancient terracotta vessels unearthed at the Sindian necropolis near Phanagoria The photograph by Prokudin Gorskii c 1912 The Sindi were a tribe of the Scythians who established themselves on the Taman peninsula 1 where they formed a ruling class over the indigenous North Caucasian Maeotians Archaeologically the Sindi belonged to the Scythian culture and they progressively became Hellenised due to contact with the Bosporan Kingdom 2 As the Scythians lost more territory in Ciscaucasia to the Sauromatians over the course of the late 6th century BC the Sindi remained the only Scythian group still present in the region in the area called Sindica Ancient Greek Sindikh romanized Sindike Latin Sindica by the Greeks and which corresponded to the area west of present day Krasnodar in the Taman peninsula 2 The Kingdom of Sindica existed for over 400 years and it was after annexed by the Bosporan Kingdom 2 Central Europe edit Unlike the majority of the Sindi who remained in the northern Caucasus a smaller section of the Sindi migrated westwards and settled into the Hungarian Plain as part of the expansion of the Scythian into Central Europe during the 7th to 6th centuries BC and they soon lost contact with the Scythians who remained in the Pontic Steppe The 3rd century BC Greek author Apollonius of Rhodes located a population of the Sindi living alongside the Sigynnae and the otherwise unknown Grauci in the plain of Laurion which is likely the eastern part of the Pannonian Basin 3 4 1 Archaeology editNorth Caucasus edit The Scythian ruling class in the Maeotian country initially buried their dead in kurgans while the native Maeotian populace were buried in flat cemeteries Burials in Sindica continued this tradition and members of the Sindi ruling class continued being buried in kurgans while the Maeotians continued to be buried in flat graves 2 After earlier Scythian earthworks built in the 6th century BC along the right bank of the Kuban river were abandoned in the 4th century BC when the Sauromatians took over most of Ciscaucasia the Sindi built a new series of earthworks on their eastern borders One of the Sindi earthworks was located at Yelizavetinskaya ru where was located a c 400 BC kurgan in which several humans were buried and which contained the skeletons of 200 horses 2 References editCitations edit a b Olbrycht 2000 a b c d e Sulimirski amp Taylor 1991 pp 568 573 Sulimirski 1985 pp 191 193 Batty Roger 2007 Rome and the Nomads The Pontic Danubian Realm in Antiquity Oxford Oxford University Press ISBN 978 0 198 14936 1 Sources edit Olbrycht Marek Jan 2000 Remarks on the Presence of Iranian Peoples in Europe and Their Asiatic Relations Collectanea Celto Asiatica Cracoviensia Krakow Ksiegarnia Akademicka pp 105 107 ISBN 978 8 371 88337 8 Sulimirski T 1985 The Scyths In Gershevitch I ed The Cambridge History of Iran Vol 2 Cambridge University Press pp 149 199 ISBN 978 1 139 05493 5 Sulimirski Tadeusz Taylor T F 1991 The Scythians In Boardman John Edwards I E S Hammond N G L Sollberger E Walker C B F eds The Cambridge Ancient History Vol 3 Cambridge Cambridge University Press pp 560 590 ISBN 978 1 139 05429 4 Trubachov Oleg N 1999 Indoarica Nauka Moscow Retrieved from https en wikipedia org w index php title Sindi people amp oldid 1216984822, wikipedia, wiki, book, books, library,
