Hindu Polity: A Constitutional History of India in Hindu Times c25.34
Hindu Polity: A Constitutional History of India in Hindu Times c25.34
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c25.34
§ 137. The identification of the *Yavanas* of Aśoka is necessary. It might incidentally settle a great controversy. The Yonas of Aśoka, the *rāja-vishaya* Yonas, were within the limits of the Maurya empire. The grouping in Aśokan records is 'the Yonas and Kambojas', while in Manu it is 'the Kambojas and Yavanas.' There is no doubt that these Yavanas were contiguous to the Kambojas.