Historical Geography of Ancient India c6.128

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c6.128

The country of the Barbaras (Barbaradeśa) seems to have extended to the Arabian Sea. The Mahābhārata connects the people of Barbaradeśa with the Śakas and Yavanas (Mahābhārata, Sabhāparva, XXXI, 1199; Vanaparva, CCLIII, 15254; Śāntiparva, CCVII, 7560-61). The Mārkaṇḍeya Purāṇa (LVII. 39) places them in the Sindhu country, and the Bṛhat-saṃhitā refers to them as north or north-west tribes. (For further details, see Law, Tribes in Ancient India, p. 92).

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Mārkaṇḍeyapurāṇa — Vyāsa, Sanskrit
Mahābhārata — Vyāsa, Sanskrit