The Mauryan Polity c6.s2.t1.12

c6.s2.t1.12

But if Geiger's identification of Alasanda in the Mahāvaṃśa with Alexandria founded by Alexander near Kabul is correct, then it is probable that the Yona country must have been the western portion of modern Afghanistan.¹ The identification of Kamboja state is not difficult. It included a great portion of modern Afghanistan, at least its northern and eastern parts. The Mahābhārata² mentions Rājapura, the capital of that state. Hiuen Tsiang refers to this city and its inhabitants³ and identifies them among the north-western tribes.⁴ The Gāndhāras who are different from the Kambojas must have occupied the territory comprising the districts of Peshawar and Rawalpindi and possibly west of the Indus.⁵