Tribes in Ancient India c40.3

c40.3

¹ ‘It is not altogether improbable that the Mūcīpas are the people who appear in the *Mārkaṇḍeya Purāṇa* (57, 46) under the designation of Mūshika. A comparison of the *Aitareya Brāhmaṇa* with the *Śāṅkhāyana Śrauta Sūtra* betrays a good deal of confusion with regard to the second and third consonants of the name. It was, therefore, perfectly natural for later generations to introduce further variations. The Mūshikas were probably settled on the banks of the river Musi on which Hyderabad now stands’ (*P.H.A.I.*, 4th Ed., p. 80).