Tribes in Ancient India c5.73

c5.73

When the Kaurava army took up their position on the field, the Kāmbojas occupied the van of Duryodhana’s army, along with the home forces of the Pauravas themselves. We are told: ‘The Pauravas, the Kaliṅgas and the Kāmbojas with their king Sudakṣiṇa and Kṣemadhanvā and Śalya took up their positions in front of Duryodhana’ (*Mbh.*, *Bhīṣmaparvan*, Chap. 17, 26-7).