Eastern Iranian peoples [edit]
The Eastern Iranic and Balto-Slavic dialect
continuums in Eastern Europe, the latter with proposed material cultures correlating to
speakers of Balto-Slavic in the Bronze Age (white). Red dots = archaic Slavic hydronyms
Archaeological cultures c. 750 BC at the start of
Eastern-Central Europe's Iron Age; the Proto-Scythian culture borders the Balto-Slavic
cultures (Lusatian, Milograd and Chernoles) Silver coin of
the Indo-Scythian king Azes II (reigned c. 35–12 BC). Buddhist triratna symbol in the left
field on the reverse
While the Iranian tribes of the south are better known through their texts and modern
counterparts, the tribes which remained largely in the vast Eurasian expanse are
known through the references made to them by the ancient Greeks, Persians, Chinese,
and Indo-Aryans as well as by archaeological finds.