Historical Geography of Ancient India c6.701

c6.701

*Uśīnara.*—Pāṇini refers to this country in his *Aṣṭādhyāyī* (4. 2. 118; 2. 4. 20). Patañjali in his *Mahābhāṣya* (1. 1. 8, p. 354; 1. 3. 2, p. 619; 4. 2. 118) mentions it. This country was situated to the north of the Kuru country (*C.H.I.*, I, p. 84). The Gopatha *Brāhmaṇa* (II. 9) considers the Uśīnaras as northerners. The *Rigveda* (X. 59, 10) refers to them. Zimmer thinks that the Uśīnaras earlier lived farther to the north-west. The authors of the *Vedic Index* do not accept his view (Vol. I, p. 103). Pargiter holds that they occupied the Punjab (*A.I.H.T.*, p. 109). The Buddhist Jātakas often mention king Uśīnara (*Nimi Jāt.*, Fausboll, VI, p. 199; *Nāradakassapa Jāt.*, VI, p. 251; *Jāt.*, IV, 181ff.). For further details, vide Law, *Tribes in Ancient India*, pp. 68ff.