Vedic Index of Names and Subjects v1.c3.s12.98

v1.c3.s12.98

Gandhārī is the name of a people in the north-west of India. In the Rigveda¹ the good wool of the sheep of the Gandhāris is referred to. The Gandhāris are also mentioned with the Mūjavants, Aṅgas, and Magadhas in the Atharvaveda.² Gandhāris³ or Gāndhāris⁴ are also spoken of in the Śrauta Sūtras.⁵ Zimmer⁶ considers that they were settled in Vedic times on the south bank of the Kubhā up to its mouth in the Indus, and for some distance down the east side of the Indus itself. They later formed a portion of the Persian empire, and detachments of Gandarians accompanied Xerxes in his expedition against Greece.⁷