Public Administration in Ancient India c9.5

c9.5

¹ Cf. Macdonell’s Vedic Index, I. p. 154. Pancha-janah, the five peoples, are mentioned under various names in Vedic literature. Who are meant by the five is very uncertain. According to Zimmer, the five tribes of the Anus, Druhyus, Yadus, Turvasas, and Pūrus are meant, and Macdonell seems to incline to this view. In the Brihad-Devatā, several different meanings of the term are given.