Studies in the Geography of Ancient and Medieval India c8.s3.86
Studies in the Geography of Ancient and Medieval India c8.s3.86
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c8.s3.86
The Bāhlika country is said to be bordering on Kāmboja and situated to the east of Mahā-Mleccha. Bāhlika was Bactria (modern Balkh) in the north of Afghānistān; but Vāhīka was an old name of the Punjab. The reading Bāhlika is better as the country is placed between Kāmboja and the great Mleccha world of the west. It is interesting to note that the Kāmbojas, elsewhere associated with Pāñcāla (v. 24), are here connected with the northern part of Afghānistān.