Vedic Index of Names and Subjects v1.c3.s11.124

v1.c3.s11.124

Kamboja.—Yāska, in the Nirukta,¹ refers to the speech of the Kambojas as differing from that of the other Āryas. The Kambojas were later settled to the north-west of the Indus, and are known as Kambujiya in the old Persian inscriptions. A teacher, Kāmboja Aupamanyava, pupil of Madragāra, is mentioned in the Vamśa Brāhmaṇa.² This points to a possible connexion of the Madras, or more probably the Uttara Madras, with the Kambojas, who probably had Iranian as well as Indian affinities.