India as Known to Panini: A Study of the Cultural Material in the Ashtadhyayi c12.s6.30

c12.s6.30

4. *Yaudheya* (V.3.117). Pāṇini's reference to Yaudheyas is the earliest known. The Yaudheyas have a long history as shown by their inscriptions and coins of different ages, and were existing upto the time of Samudragupta. Their coins are found in the East Panjab and all over the country between the Sutlej and the Jumna, covering a period of about four centuries, 2nd century B.C. to 2nd century A.D. The *Mahābhārata* mentions Rohitaka as the capital of the Bahudhānyaka country, where a mint-site of the Yaudheyas of Bahudhāñyaka was found by the late Dr. Birbal Sahni. Sunet mentioned as Saunetra by Pāṇini was a centre of the Yaudheyas where their coins, moulds and sealings have been found. The Yaudheyas do not seem to have come into conflict with Alexander, since they are not named by the Greek writers. The Johiyā Rajputs who are found on the banks of the Sutlej along the Bahawalpur frontier may be identified as their modern descendants (*A.S.R.*, XIV., p. 114).