Tribes in Ancient India c29.13

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c29.13

During the period represented by Epic and Paurāṇic traditions the Niṣādas seem to have had their habitat among the mountains that form the boundary of Jhalwar and Khandesh in the Vindhya and Satpura ranges.⁴ This is proved by a reference in the Mahābhārata⁵ to a Niṣāda rāṣṭra in the region of the Sarasvatī and the Western Vindhyas, not very far from Pāriyātra or Pāripātra.⁶ The Mahābhārata seems to connect the Niṣādas with the Vatsas and Bhargas or Bhaggas:

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