The Cambridge History of India, Vol. I: Ancient India v1.c30.3
The Cambridge History of India, Vol. I: Ancient India v1.c30.3
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Beyond 'the king's dominions' to the north-west and to the south lay 'the border peoples,' whom the emperor regarded as coming within his sphere of influence. On the north-west, in the North-West Frontier Province and in the upper Kābul valley, these are called in the inscriptions Gandhāras, Kāmbojas, and Yavanas (Yonas); and on the south, beyond the limits of the provinces of Avanti and Kaliṅga, there were the Rāshtrikas of the Marāthā country, the Bhojas of Berār, the Peṭenikas of the Auran-gābād District of Hyderābād, the Pulindas, whose precise habitat is uncertain, and the Andhras, who occupied the country between the Godāvari and the Kistna.