János Harmatta (2 October 1917 – 24 July 2004) was a Hungarian linguist. He deciphered the Parthian ostraca and papyri of Dura-Europos and was the first...

of the Massagetae are "linguistically unacceptable." The Iranologist János Harmatta has, however, criticised the proposal of Massagetai's derivation from...

uncertain origin for which there have been various proposals: according to János Harmatta, it was derived from Old Iranic *Gayamira, meaning "union of clans."...

(𐬯𐬁𐬌𐬥𐬎), although this identification is uncertain. The Iranologist János Harmatta has identified the Dahā with the Massagetae/Sakā tigraxaudā based on...

constituting one of very few autochthonous epigraphic traces of that language. János Harmatta, using the Kharoṣṭhī script, identified the language as a Khotanese...

possible identifications of the script have been proposed. In 1992, János Harmatta, using the Kharoṣṭhī script, identified the language as a Khotanese...

Dandamayev, Muhammad (1994). "Media and Achaemenid Iran". In Harmatta, János Harmatta (ed.). History of Civilizations of Central Asia: The Development...

Huns. Taylor & Francis. ISBN 978-1317340904. Retrieved 21 August 2022. János Harmatta (1 January 1994). History of Civilizations of Central Asia: The Development...

P. (1994). "Alexander and His Successors in Central Asia". In Harmatta, János Harmatta (ed.). History of Civilizations of Central Asia: The Development...

and P. Bernard, "Alexander and His Successors in Central Asia", in János Harmatta, B.N. Puri and G.F. Etemadi (editors), History of civilizations of Central...