Tribes in Ancient India c77.49

c77.49

The Śūlikas or the Śaulikas are further mentioned in the Bṛhatsaṃhitā⁵ along with the Aparāntas, Vanavāsīs and the Vidarbhas. Elsewhere the Bṛhatsaṃhitā connects the same people⁶ with the Gandhāras and Vokkāras (occupying modern Wakhan). This suggests that a section of the people must have once been dwelling in the north or north-west, and another in the western or Aparānta region. The kingdom of Śulik according to Tārānātha was located beyond Togara = Tegara = modern Ter⁷ in the Deccan.