Saka (disambiguation)

Saka were the Achaemenid "Scythian" satrapy.

Saka may also refer to:

Scythians

• Scythians
• Indo-Scythians
  • Saka era, an era in India
  • Indian national calendar, sometimes called the Saka calendar

Places

• Saka, Hiroshima, a town in Hiroshima Prefecture, Japan
• Saka, Estonia, a village in Kohtla Parish, Ida-Viru County, Estonia
• Saka, Morocco, a town in Taza Province, Morocco

Other uses

• Saka, an ancient Indian tradition of men fighting to death, while women commit self-immolation (jauhar), when facing certain defeat in war
• Saka language, a variety of Eastern Iranian languages, attested from the ancient Buddhist kingdoms of Khotan and Tumshuq in the Tarim Basin
• Makhuwa language, also Makhuwa-Saka language, a dialect of Nkutu in the Democratic Republic of the Congo

People with the surname

• Fuat Saka, Turkish musician
• Hasan Saka, Turkish politician
• Pınar Saka, Turkish sprinter

See also

• Sakha (disambiguation)
• Akaneiro ni Somaru Saka, an anime
• Acestor Sakas, an Athenian tragic poet