History of Dharmashastra (Ancient and Mediaeval Religious and Civil Law in India) v2.c19.293

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*Puṇḍra* or *Pauṇḍraka.* Frequently mentioned in the Mahābhārata among non-Aryan tribes e. g. Droṇa 93. 44, Āśvamedhika 29. 15-16. Medhātithi on Manu X. 44 remarks that the Pauṇḍrakas are spoken of as kṣatriyas in the Mahābhārata, so a man may be misled into thinking that even in the days of Medhātithi they were still kṣatriyas (but they were not so).