however. Many scholars have suggested that the Massagetae were related to the Getae of ancient Eastern Europe. Tadeusz Sulimirski notes that the Sacae also invaded parts of Northern India. Weer Rajendra Rishi, an Indian linguist has identified linguistic affinities between Indian and Central Asian languages, which further lends credence to the possibility of historical Sacae influence in Northern India. Culture Lifestyle According to Strabo, the Massagetae lived on the plains, the mountains, the marshes, and the islands in the country irrigated by the Araxes river. Some Massagetae were primarily fishermen, and other groups of the tribe bred sheep for their milk and wool, but also harvested root vegetables and wild fruits. None of the Massagetae, however, practised any form of agriculture, and their food consisted of meat and fish, and they primarily drank milk, but not wine. Gold and bronze were plentiful where the Massagetae lived, but they did not use any iron or silver because these were not available in their country. Clothing Like all ancient Iranian peoples, the Massagetae/ wore knee-length tunics which were either straight and closed (following Median fashion) or open with lapels, both styles being fastened by a belt at the waist (following typically Scythic fashion). Underneath, they wore narrow trousers and moccasins. Over these, they sometimes wore a cloak with long and narrow sleeves, and the pointed cap, although their tribe wore a distinctive form of this headdress which had a sharp point, and from which the names given to them by the Persians ( ) and the Greeks ( ), both meaning "wearer of pointed caps," were derived. The use of the Median closed tunic among the was the result of extensive contact between the and the Medes during the period of the Median Empire. The fishermen wore seal skins, while the sheep-breeders wore clothing made of wool. The Massagetae wore golden headdresses, belts, shoulder straps, and used golden harnesses and bronze armour for their horses. Warfare The Massagetae fought both on foot and on horseback, and their weapons consisted of bows and arrows, spears, and battle-axes, and their horse armour, spearheads, and arrowheads were golden. Language The name of the Massagetaean prince, recorded in the Greek form () and reflecting the Scythian form , is of Scythian language origin, and his name and the name of the Agathyrsi king Spargapeithes and the Scythian king Spargapeithes (Scythian: ) are variants of the same