Skunkha

Skunkha, King of the Sakā tigraxaudā

Behistun relief of Skunkha. Label: "This is Skunkha the Sacan."^[1]

Portrait of Skunhka.

Skunkha, also written as Skunxa or Skuka, was king of the Sakā tigraxaudā ("wearing pointed caps Saka,") a group of Scythians. In 519 BC, Darius I of Achaemenids attacked the Saka tribe and captured their king. His capture is depicted in the relief sculpture of Behistun Inscription, last in a row of defeated "lying kings".^[2] After his defeat, Darius replaced him with the chief of another tribe.^[3]

References

^ Behistun, minor inscriptions DBb inscription- Livius.
^ Rolle, Renate (1 July 1992). The World of the Scythians. University of California Press. p. 47. ISBN 978-0520068643.
^ M. A. Dandamayev (1999). History of Civilizations of Central Asia Volume II: The development of sedentary and nomadic civilizations: 700 BC to AD 250. UNESCO. pp. 44–46. ISBN 978-8120815407.

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[DB-1] Behistun, minor inscriptions DBb inscription- Livius.

[2] Rolle, Renate (1 July 1992). The World of the Scythians. University of California Press. p. 47. ISBN 978-0520068643.

[3] M. A. Dandamayev (1999). History of Civilizations of Central Asia Volume II: The development of sedentary and nomadic civilizations: 700 BC to AD 250. UNESCO. pp. 44–46. ISBN 978-8120815407.

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