Tribes in Ancient India c27.3

c27.3

The names of the two tribes, Ārjunāyanas and Prārjunas, apparently have some connection with the name of the Epic hero, Arjuna, though this is not certain. The Allahabad Pillar Inscription, as we have seen, connects the Ārjunāyanas with the Yaudheyas, which is significant, inasmuch as the Ādiparvan (95, 76) of the Mahābhārata gives the name of one of Yudhiṣṭhira's sons as Yaudheya; so that the connection of the Yaudheyas and Ārjunāyanas appears to be warranted by the Epic.