Geographical and Economic Studies in the Mahabharata: Upayana Parva c9.11

c9.11

Dahae, 86 Dahistan, 86 Dahyu, an ethnographical term, 86. See Dasyus. Dāmalipta, a city of Suhma, 111. See Tāmralipti. Danuar, a Kirāta tribe of Nepal, 84. See Kirātas. Daradas, conquered along with the Kāmbojas by Arjuna, 11, 13, 18, 35, 38, 87; the people of Dardistān, 86; the term probably restricted to the Shinas of Gilgit, Gurez, Chilas, Indus and Swāt Kohistān, ib.; mentioned with Kāśmīras and Kāmbojas; expert in slinging stones; condemned as Mlecchas, ib.; 90. Dārvas, the people living in the district of Jammu and Ballāvar, 87 Dardistān 38, 75, 86. See Daradas. Darra, 91. See Bactrus. Darwāz, 19; identified with Dvārakā, the capital of Kamboja, 38; 80 Daśārṇa, 113 Dasht Valley, Kalāt State, 49 Dasūya Tahsil, 46, 47, 64 Dasyūs, 4; the robber chiefs in the north-western direction of the land of the Kāmbojas and Dardas, 11; identified with the Eastern Iranian speaking peoples, 13 Demetrius, 26 Derdai, 81. See Daradas Digvijayas (universal conquests), their multiplicity in the Mahābhārata, 8; their importance for the elucidation of geographical and historical points, 8-9; copious supplementation from the contemporary events, 9 Dionysius, sent by Ptolemy Philadelphus on embassies to Bindusāra and Aśoka, 25 Dīrghavenus, a wandering tribe (pradarāḥ), 76 Dogs, good bread of dogs of Kekayan country, 100 Donkeys, their distribution from the north to south excluding Eastern India, 5 Dravidas, 24 Dora Pass, chief Pass over Hindūkush, 13 Dorasene, the region about Orissa, 74 Duber (Swāt), 70