Tribes in Ancient India c24.5

c24.5

The country of the Kulindas is referred to by Ptolemy as Kulindrine. He locates it near the mountainous region where the Vipāśā, Śatadru, Yamunā and Gaṅgā have their sources. Cunningham identifies Kulindrine with the kingdom of Jālandhara (Jullundur),³ but this is not accepted by Saint-Martin. A territory of the name of Kuluta, which was formed by the upper part of the Vipāśā basin, and which may be included in Ptolemy’s Kulindrine, is mentioned in a *Varāha Saṃhitā* list. It was visited by the Chinese pilgrim Hsüan Tsang, who calls it K’in-lu-to. The name still exists under the slightly modified form of Koluta.⁴