The IndoEuropeans invented the spoked wheel and axel. They also invented the bit, much superior to nose rings.
Doesn't really say much since the Scythians were a continuum of all kinds of groups of people.
Weren't Scynthians Indo-iranians? You know indo-europenan doesn't mean that they were europeans, right? They Just share ancestors.
a bit minor correction,human are great apes and descendent of apes not monkeys,i know its nothing to do with history but i am like this.
Metallurgy and Wheel existed in India prior to Indo-Europeanization. Why couldn't have they have been introduced to china in that time frame?
No. Scythians were 'Saka' while Buddha belonged to a tribe called 'Sakya', a kingdom located east of the ganges, probably under the suzerainty of the Nation-state Kosala. Sakas (Scythians) are portrayed as occupying regions to the north-west of modern day India, even by Scylax who visited during Buddha's time.
IE invention of spoked wheel may have been an inspiration rather than an independent invention. Indus valley people used spoked wheel before their Indo-Europeanization, however I don't know if hard-evidences have been found from there.
