Tribes in Ancient India c56.8

c56.8

According to Nīlakaṇṭha’s commentary on the *Mahābhārata*, the Suhmas and the Rāḍhas were one and the same people (see Vaṅga Chap.); but from the *Āyāraṅga-sutta*, one may gather that the Suhma country formed a part of the Rāḍha (Lāḍha) country, the other important part having been called Brahma (cf. Brahmottara of the Purāṇas and Brahma of the *Kāvyamīmāṃsā*).