Tribes in Ancient India c6.26

c6.26

Gandhāra is also mentioned in the *Purāṇas*. According to the *Matsya*, *Vāyu* and *Viṣṇu Purāṇas*,² a certain Gāndhāra was born in the family of Druhyu, one of the sons of Yayāti, and the kingdom of Gandhāra was named after him. According to the *Bhāgavata* and *Brahma Purāṇas*,³ Gāndhāra was fourth in the line of descent from Druhyu. Gandhāra had four children, namely, Dharma, Dhṛti, Durgam and Pracetā.⁴ Pracetā had 100 sons who, being the kings of the Mleccha country, conquered the north (*Viṣṇupurāṇa*, 4th Aṅka, Chap. 17). Mention is also made of the Gandhāra people in Varāhamihira’s *Bṛhatsaṃhitā* (Kern’s Edition, p. 92).