Vedic Index of Names and Subjects v2.c4.s3.90

v2.c4.s3.90

Bhalānas, plural, is the name in the Rigveda¹ of one of the five tribes, Pakthas, Bhalānases, Alinas, Viṣāṇins, and Śivas, who are mentioned as ranged on the side² of the enemies of Sudās in the battle of the ten kings (Dāśarājña), not opposed to them, as Roth,³ and at one time Zimmer,⁴ thought. Zimmer⁵ suggests as their original home East Kabulistan, comparing the name of the Bolan pass. This seems a reasonably probable view.