The History and Culture of the Indian People v1.c19.s2.11

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The Pakthas, Bhalānases, Vishāṇins, Alinas, and Śivas were the five frontier tribes. The Pakthas lived in the hills from which the Krumu originates. Zimmer locates them in eastern Afghānistān, identifying them with the modern Pakthun. South of the Pakthas stretched the Bhalānases for whom Zimmer suggests east Kābulistān as original home. The Vishāṇins, so-called probably because their helmets were horn-shaped or ornamented with horns, were, like their allies, a tribe of the north-west, located farther down between the Krumu and the Gomatī. North-east of Kāfiristān has been suggested as the location of the Alinas, who were closely allied with the Pakthas, and were certainly the enemies of Sudās, and not his allies, as thought by Roth. The Śivas lay between the Sindhu and Vitastā in the Vedic period.¹⁸