Geographical and Economic Studies in the Mahabharata: Upayana Parva c5.35

c5.35

Tarn locates the Pasii west of the Arius, Tapuria and Traxiane²⁸ and tries to identify them with Paras-Parsua—the Persian tribes who played an important rôle in the history of Iran. As the house of the ancient Persians was Eranvez identified with Khawarizm Tarn suggests that the Parsii-Parsua stayed behind in Eranvez, which their kinsmen migrated south and later on played their part in the eviction of the Greeks from Bactria. This argument is rather speculative.