India as Known to Panini: A Study of the Cultural Material in the Ashtadhyayi c12.s6.51
India as Known to Pāṇini: A Study of the Cultural Material in the Ashṭādhyāyī c12.s6.51
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(4) *Vārteya*, may be identified with the Indian tribe *Oreitai*, settled to the west of the river Porali which now falls into the Sonmiani Bay, west of Karachi (cf. Saunāmaneya in *Śubhrādi gaṇa* IV.1.123; also IV.1.86). According to Curtius the tribe had long maintained its independence in those parts and it negotiated peace with Alexander through their leaders, which reflects its *Saṅgha* character (*Alexander*, p. 169).