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Geographical and Economic Studies in the Mahabharata: Upayana Parva c9.29

Geographical and Economic Studies in the Mahābhārata: Upāyana Parva c9.29

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c9.29

Kalingas, 24; 47; their country situated in the region of river Vaitaraṇī in Orissa according to the Mahābhārata, 111; the boundary of the ancient Kalinga, *ib.*, 113. Kām, lower part of the Bashgol Valley, 43; called Kamoz in Pushtu, *ib.* Kāmah, a river in Kāfiristān, 43 Kāmarūpa, 113 *kambala*, blankets, 36 Kamboh, an agricultural community in Panjāb; its probable connection with the Kāmbojas, 40 Kāmbojas, dubbed as false rulers and liars, 4; conquest by Arjuna, 11; 12, 13, 18; references in Vedic literature, 33; Yāska on some peculiarities of their language, *ib.*; Grierson's identification, *ib.*; Kuhn's discussion on Kāmbojas and their Iranian origin, 33, 34; in Buddhist literature, Asoka's ins. Mahābhārata and Harivaṃśa, 34-35; Kamboja horses, mules, cows and chariots, 35-36; furs and woollen-cloth, 36; different opinions about their location ranging from Kābul, Kāfiristan, Tibet and Rājauri, 36-37; located in the Pāmīrs, Badakshān and Tadzhik Republic, 37; proofs of the location given above, 38-39; 70, 86 Kambrom, in Kafir language same as Kāmdesh, 43 Ka(m)bujiya, 43, = Cambyses. See Kamboja. Kāmdesh, a Kāfir tribe, 43 Kamoz, 44. See Kām. Kampylinus, a river, 81 Kamtoz, 43. See Katirgol. Kāmyaka forest, near Chotā Nāgpur, 113; wild nature of the country beyond it, *ib.* Kāmyaka-sara, probable identification with the Chilkā Lake, 113-114