India as Known to Panini: A Study of the Cultural Material in the Ashtadhyayi c7.s4.23

India as Known to Pāṇini: A Study of the Cultural Material in the Ashṭādhyāyī c7.s4.23

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c7.s4.23

The *Divyāvadāna* refers to the Śvasas in Uttarāpatha with headquarters at Takshaśilā to which Aśoka was deputed by his father Bindusāra as Viceroy to quell their rebellion. The name Śavasa or Śvasa seems to be preserved in the modern name Chhibha comprising Punch, Rajauri and Bhimbhara. In literature the Uśīnaras are often associated with the Śibis (Gk. Śiboi) whose chief town Śibipura has been identified with Shorkot, headquarters of a Tehsil in the Jhung district.

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Divyāvadāna — Sanskrit