Geographical and Economic Studies in the Mahabharata: Upayana Parva c9.22

c9.22

Haimavatas, 63; location not settled, 67; mentioned in a Sāncī Inscription ib.; also a religious order of the Buddhists, ib. Hamsakāyanas, linked with Paurakas; probable identification with the people of Hunza and Nagar, 92; same as Hamsamārgas and Hamsapādas, 92-93 Hamsamārgas, see Hamsakāyanas. Hārahūras, 63; their country famous for wine, 65; coupled with Ramathas, ib.; country connected with Sindh basin, ib.; probable identification with the people of Herat, 66 Haraiva, 67 Hazāras, probably Mongols, 87; a constituent tribe of the Chahār Aimāks, ib.; Chinghiz Khān probably settled them in Central Afghānistān, ib. Harsha, 91, same as Ārpatha, 93 Haumavarka Sakas, mentioned in the Inscription of Darius, 20. See Sakas. Hayu, a Kirāta tribe of Nepal, 84. See Kirātas. Hazārībāgh, emerald mine at, 102; 110, 114 Helmand Valley, 66, 80 Hemodos, 67, 68 Heorta, a city of the Tanganas, 79 Hephaistion, 51 Hermatalia, identified with Brahmanābād, 32 Hien-fu, ‘hanging pass,’ 21 Hemavata, 68 Himavanta, 12, 67 Hindūkush, 13, 31, 37, 45, 73, 86, 91, 93 Hingol, a river in Kalāt State, 50 Hiung-nu, their wars with Yüe-chi, 15, 19, 23 Horses, presented by Rṣikas, 12; good quality of Bokhāra horses; their mention in the Chinese Annals, 73; Bokhāra horses believed to be descended from Raksh, the horse of the Iranian hero Rustam, *ib.* Hos, 110; a non-Aryan tribe, 116 Hots, a tribe of Makrān, 51; the same as Uṭii of Xerxes' army, *ib.* Hūṇas, 20; identified with Hiung-nu, 29; 61 Hunza, 87; description of the country, 93 Hunza River, 93 Hu-shi-kan, 103 Hyperboreans, idea got from the Uttara Kurus, 84