Political History of Ancient India, from the Accession of Parikshit to the Extinction of the Gupta Dynasty c9.s7.492
Political History of Ancient India, from the Accession of Parikshit to the Extinction of the Gupta Dynasty c9.s7.492
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The Vedic texts do not mention any king of Kamboja. But, as has already been pointed out, they refer to a teacher named Kamboja Aupamanyava who was probably connected with this territory. In the *Mahābhārata* the Kambojas are represented as living under a monarchical constitution.³ The Epic makes mention of their kings Chandravarman and Sudakshiṇa. In later times the monarchy gave place to a *Saṅgha* form of government. The *Kauṭilīya Arthaśāstra*⁴ speaks of the Kambojas as a ''*vārtā-śastr-opajīvin*'' *Saṅgha*, that is to say, a confederation of agriculturists, herdsmen, traders and warriors. Corporations of Kambojas (*Kambojānāñcha ye gaṇāḥ*) are also mentioned in the *Mahābhārata*.⁵