arimaspi and the maspii of herodotus i believe that herodotus mentions the merephi aligned with the maspii further linking two notable figures named amasis with this tribe and 'isse dones' being very similar to the 'isapzais' or 'ise sattvas' rishi sattvas' and the nicchibi or 'licchavi' mentioned by the historians of alexander of macedon a further connection based on their association with the indian shisunaga the susunak of elam and the shishank of egypt with his sikkim and visit to shechem is made between the 'massebah' or ma shiva or ma shiba pillars mentioned in genesis and the syrian form of this word which is nisibis though it would seem that if this were so the buddhists would have distinguished between the sibbi tribe and the licchavis it is interesting to note that the vedic 'rta' probably related to 'rishi' is used in a similar sense as the secondary meaning carried with 'massebah'