Tribes in Ancient India c77.53
Tribes in Ancient India c77.53
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c77.53
The Kaṅkanas as a tribe are referred to in the Mārkaṇḍeya Purāṇa⁸ and the Harivaṃśa.⁹ According to the latter source, they were defeated and degraded by King Sagara. They must have been the people dwelling along the low strip of land between the Western Ghats and the sea called in historical times Kaṅkan or Koṅkan. Their mention along with the Bhṛgukacchas in the Mārkaṇḍeya Purāṇa makes this identification more significant.
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- Mārkaṇḍeyapurāṇa — Vyāsa, Sanskrit
- Harivaṃśa — Vyāsa, Sanskrit