Maeotians

Surviving Destroyed or barely existing The Maeotians (Adyghe: МыутIэхэр, romanized: Mıwt'əxər; Ancient Greek: Μαιῶται, romanized: Maiōtai; Latin: Maeōtae[1]) were an ancient people dwelling along the Sea of Azov, which was known in antiquity as the "Maeotian marshes" or "Lake Maeotis".

Their subdivisions included the Sindi, the Dandarii, the Toreatae, the Agri, the Arrechi, the Tarpetes, the Obidiaceni, the Sittaceni, the Dosci, and "many" others.

One princess of the Ixomates was called Tirgatao,[5] comparable to Tirgutawiya, a name on a tablet discovered in Hurrian Alalakh.

[6] Ukrainian archaeologists and modern Hellenists claim that Maeotians were ancient Greeks who established colonies in Maeotia.

[clarification needed] Karl Eichwald claimed that the Maeotians originated as a "Hindu" (Indian) colony,[7] but this view is rejected by the majority of scholars.