[Pramāṇa](https://indike.org/pramana/) › [Studies](https://indike.org/pramana/ins) › [Reference works](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference) › [Vedic Index of Names and Subjects](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.macdonell-keith-1912) › v2.c4.s3.90 # Vedic Index of Names and Subjects v2.c4.s3.90 Vedic Index of Names and Subjects v2.c4.s3.90 - **Language:** English ### [v2.c4.s3.90](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.macdonell-keith-1912.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. - [Previous: v2.c4.s3.89](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.macdonell-keith-1912.v2.c4.s3.89) - [Next: v2.c4.s3.91](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.macdonell-keith-1912.v2.c4.s3.91) - [Up: v2.c4.s3](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.macdonell-keith-1912.v2.c4.s3) --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.macdonell-keith-1912.v2.c4.s3.90](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.macdonell-keith-1912.v2.c4.s3.90) · Pramāṇa