Political History of Ancient India, from the Accession of Parikshit to the Extinction of the Gupta Dynasty c13.s2.106
Political History of Ancient India, from the Accession of Parikshit to the Extinction of the Gupta Dynasty c13.s2.106
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c13.s2.106
Diodoros calls them the Sambastai,⁴ Arrian Abastanoi, Curtius Sabarcae, and Orosius Sabagrae. They were settled on the lower Akesines (Chenāb) apparently below the Mālava country, but above the confluence of the Chenāb and the Indus. Their name represents the Sanskrit *Ambashṭha* or *Ambashṭha*.⁵ The Ambashṭhas are mentioned in several Sanskrit and Pāli works. An Ambashṭha king is mentioned in the *Aitareya Brāhmaṇa*⁶ whose priest was Nārada. The *Mahābhārata*⁷ mentions the Ambashṭhas along with the Śivis, Kshudrakas, Mālavas and other north-western tribes. The Purāṇas represent them as Ānava Kshatriyas and kinsmen of the Śivis.⁸ In the *Bārhaspatya Arthaśāstra*,⁹ the Āmbashṭha country is mentioned in conjunction with Sind:
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- Aitareyabrāhmaṇa — Mahidāsa Aitareya, Sanskrit
- Mahābhārata — Vyāsa, Sanskrit
- Bārhaspatya Arthaśāstra (Bārhaspatyasūtra) — Bṛhaspati, Sanskrit