Puranic Encyclopaedia: A Comprehensive Dictionary with Special Reference to the Epic and Puranic Literature c7.1909

c7.1909

KĀMBOJA II. This kingdom was situated in the north western part of India. It is the modern Kabul. We get the following information from Mahābhārata.
(1) From Mahābhārata, Sabhā Parva, Chapter 27, Verse 23, we see that Arjuna had subdued this Kingdom.
(2) The horses which were tied to Yudhiṣṭhira’s chariot were brought from Kāmboja. (M.B. Sabhā Parva, Chapter 52, Verse 5).
(3) The Mlecchas (a tribe of low-class people) of Kāmboja will become Kings in Kaliyuga. (M.B. Vana Parva, Chapter 188, Verse 36).
(4) There were Kāmbojas in Duryodhana’s army. (M.B. Udyoga Parva, Chapter 160, Verse 130).
(5) At the time of Mahābhārata the King of Kāmboja was the brave and heroic Sudakṣiṇa. (M.B. Udyoga Parva, Chapter 166, Verses 1-3).
(6) In the battle between Kauravas and Pāṇḍavas, the Kāmbojas took their position in some places in the “Garuḍa Vyūha”, a phalanx in the shape of an eagle made by Bhīṣma. (M.B. Bhīṣma Parva, Chapter 56, Verse 7).
(7) The horses of Kāmboja were beautiful in appearance and of the colour of parrots. The horses which were tied to Nakula’s chariot, were of this kind. (M.B. Droṇa Parva, Chapter 36, Verse 36).
(8) When the horses of Kāmboja ran, their tails and ears remained motionless. (M.B. Droṇa Parva, Chapter 36, Verse 36).