The Geographical Dictionary of Ancient and Mediaeval India c5.s13.9

c5.s13.9

Yaudheya—Same as Ayudha of the travellers of the sixteenth century and *Hud* of the Bible (*Book of Esther*), between the Hydaspes and the Indus (*Garuda Purâna*, ch. 55; *Brihat-samhitâ*, ch. 14; and Prinsep's *Indian Antiquities*, vol. I, p. 238). According to Cunningham the Yaudheyas lived on both banks of the Sutlej along the Bhawalpur frontier, which is called Johiyabâr (*Arch. S. Rep.*, vol. XIV). Yaudheya is mentioned in Samudra Gupta's inscription in the Allahabad Pillar (*JASB.*, 1837, pp. 973-979).