Tribes in Ancient India c68.3

c68.3

The Purāṇas¹ mention a people called the Udumbaras, along with the Kāpiṅgalas, Kuruvāhyas and Gajāhvayas. The last-named people were connected with Hastināpura, the Kuru capital, and the Kuruvāhyas must also have had some connection with the famous Kuru people. It is, therefore, reasonable to assume that the Udumbaras (presumably identical with the Audumbaras) occupied a district contiguous with, or not far from, the Kuru country. Both Lassen (Ind. Art. map) and Cunningham (*Arch. Surv. Rep.*, XIV, 115 and 135) seem to locate the Udumbaras somewhere in Cutch.