[Pramāṇa](https://indike.org/pramana/) › [Studies](https://indike.org/pramana/ins) › [Historical geography](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.geography) › [Tribes in Ancient India](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.geography.law-1943) › c19.17 # Tribes in Ancient India c19.17 Tribes in Ancient India c19.17 - **Language:** English ### [c19.17](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.geography.law-1943.c19.17) The tribe seems to have had another settlement in the South or Dakṣiṇāpatha. According to the Mārkaṇḍeya Purāṇa,¹ the Ābhīras are classed with the Puṇḍrakas, Keralas, Kaliṅgas, Pulindas, Andhras, Vidarbhas, Kuntalas and others, all of whom are said to be Dakṣiṇāpatha-vāsinah, or dwelling in the southern country. The Vāyupurāṇa also records the same tradition (Chap. 45, 126), and describes the Ābhīras, Ātabyas, Śabaras, Pulindas, Vaidarbhas and Daṇḍakas as ‘Dakṣiṇāpatha-vāsinah’. - [Previous: c19.16](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.geography.law-1943.c19.16) - [Next: c19.18](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.geography.law-1943.c19.18) - [Up: c19](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.geography.law-1943.c19) ## Linked texts (2) - [Vāyupurāṇa](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.vayu) — Vyāsa, Sanskrit - [Mārkaṇḍeyapurāṇa](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.markandeya) — Vyāsa, Sanskrit --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/ins.geography.law-1943.c19.17](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.geography.law-1943.c19.17) · Pramāṇa