Studies in the Geography of Ancient and Medieval India c16.17

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c16.17

The above verses and several others from the Karṇaparvan (Chs. 44-45) prove that the kingdom (or the people) over which Śalya ruled was generally referred to as Pañcanada or Vāhīka and specifically as Madraka, Jārtika and Āraṭṭa. In other words, the Madrakas, Jārtikas and Āraṭṭas were generally designated as Pañcanada and Vāhīka. There is however one verse which suggests that Vāhīka was originally the name of a country or people on the Beas (Vipāśā) :

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