Tribes in Ancient India c28.8

c28.8

In the Purāṇas, the Ambaṣṭhas are represented as Āṇava Kṣatriyas, and are said to have originated from Suvrata, son of Uśīnara; they were thus intimately related to the Yaudheyas and the Śivis,⁶ and were settled on the eastern border of the Punjab.⁷ The country is mentioned in the Bārhaspatya *Arthaśāstra*,⁸ where it is associated with Sind (*Kāśmīra-Hūṇa-Ambaṣṭha-Sindhavaḥ*); while the tribe is included in the list derived by Colonel Wilford ⁹ from the *Varāha Saṃhitā*.