ucalgary.ca: Stirrups Citat: "...An early form of the stirrup has been traced to India in the second century BCE. It consisted of a simple loop through which the rider placed his big toe...Some scholars believe that the first true stirrups were devised in Central Asia during the first century BCE by a nomadic group known as the Sarmatians...Invaders from Central Asia, such as the Huns, brought the stirrup to Europe..."
