Tribes in Ancient India c77.210
Tribes in Ancient India c77.210
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c77.210
Pargiter very ingenuously guessed that the Gajāhvayas were none other than the people of Hastināpura, the capital of the Kurus. By a play on the meaning of the word ‘hastin’, ‘elephant’, the city was also called Hastināpura, Gajapura, Gajāhvaya,⁶ Gajasāhvaya,⁷ Nāgapura,⁸ Nāgāhva, Nāgasāhvaya,⁹ etc.