Geographical and Economic Studies in the Mahabharata: Upayana Parva c9.45

c9.45

Pahlavas, 18; linked with Vastrapas, 104; probably some ancient Iranian colony in Kathiāwad, 105 Pāmīrs, 12, 13, 20, 37, 38, 39, 40, 59, 68, 75 Pāmsu Rāṣtra, invited to join Pāṇḍavas in the Great War; linked with Audras; identified with Orh-Pān, 116 Pañcajanas, 114 Pañcanada, 104 Pāṇḍavas, 9 Pānīpat, 94 Pāṇḍyas, 24 Panjāb, 2; derisive attitude towards its population, 4; people addressed a Mlecchas, Yavanas, Barbaras, Dasyus, etc., *ib.*; described as the land of donkeys and camels, *ib.*; scathing indictment by Karṇa, 5, 6; explanation of the attitude of Mahābhārata towards it, 7-8; 9, 63, 64, 72, 91, 107, 108, 109 Panjagur, famous for grapes, 56 Pāns, a non-Aryan people of Orissa, 116; variants of the name Pānv, Pānr, Pānika, *ib.* See Pāmsu Rāṣtra. Paraitakenai, also spelt as Paraitakai, 80; placed in Media and Helmand Valley, *ib.* See also Parataṅganas. Parama-Kambojas, 11; identified with Yāghnobis, 13, 19 Pārasīka, pearls exported from, 118 Pāradas, 48; placed with Vokkanas, Ramaṭhas, Yavanas and Sakas, 52; Kṣatriyas with extinct caste; identified with Paradēne of Ptolemy, *ib.*; also identified with the Parthians, 53-54