[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) › c32.167 # Tribes in Ancient India c32.167 Tribes in Ancient India c32.167 - **Language:** English ### [c32.167](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.geography.law-1943.c32.167) The Jātakas and Vinaya texts are full of details about Kośala. In one Jātaka there is a vivid description of a drought in Kośala, when the crops were withered, and ponds, tanks and lakes were dried up.⁵ Gangs of burglars, highwaymen and murderers were not unknown in Kośala,⁶ and the inhabitants were often carried away and killed by them.⁷ Their activities could not easily be checked, for the Kośala country included the forest-clad hills and valleys of the outer spurs of the Himālayas. - [Previous: c32.166](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.geography.law-1943.c32.166) - [Next: c32.168](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.geography.law-1943.c32.168) - [Up: c32](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.geography.law-1943.c32) --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/ins.geography.law-1943.c32.167](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.geography.law-1943.c32.167) · Pramāṇa