Historical Geography of Ancient India c7.38

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c7.38

According to Kauṭilya’s *Arthaśāstra* Assaka (Asaka) is generally supposed to be identical with Aśmaka on the Godāvarī, i.e., Mahārāṣṭra (Shama Śāstri’s transl., p. 143, n. 2). The Aśmakas fought on the side of the Pāṇḍavas in the Kurukṣetra war (*Mahābhārata*, VII, 85, 3049). Pāṇini mentions Aśmaka in one of his *sūtras* (IV, 1, 173). There was a connection between the Ikṣvākus and the Aśmakas (*Bṛhannarādīya Purāṇa*, Ch. 9).

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Aṣṭādhyāyī — Pāṇini, Sanskrit
Mahābhārata — Vyāsa, Sanskrit
Kauṭilīya Arthaśāstra — Kauṭilya, Sanskrit
Bṛhannāradīyapurāṇa — Sanskrit