Sandakhshatra

Sandakshatru or Sandakuru ( or ) was the last known Cimmerian king.

== Name == The name of this Cimmerian king is attested in a form which can be read as either or , which are derived from a name in a Cimmerian dialect of the Old Iranian Scythian language. The linguist János Harmatta reconstructed this original Cimmerian name as , meaning "splendid son," while the Scythologist Askold Ivantchik derives the name from a compound term consisting of the name of the Anatolian deity Sandas|, and of the Iranian term , usually translated as "power", "authority", "rule", "control" or similar terms (and cognate with the Indo-Aryan caste name kshatriya).