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A CRITICAL STUDY OF PAUMACARIYAN
Then they conquer "Kasamiravisāņā vi ya vijjā tisira hidimbayambațýhā, Sūla vavvaramāla gosalā saramayā savara".
Kasamira=Kāśmira:-It lies to the north of the Punjab (HGAI, p. 97).
Visānā - Vịśāna (PCR, 101. 82):-The JPS refers to the Vesānigas as residing in the dvīpas of Lavaṇasamudra (10.53; 11.51). It is unidentified.
Vijjā=Vaidyas (PCR, 101. 82): They are unidentified.
Tisirā= the Tuşāras ?:-They have been mentioned as the people of the north (Mār. Pu, 57. 39; Vā. Pu, 14. 118). They have been identified with Tochari tribe and are located to the north of the Hindukush mountain (TAI; p. 396). They played an important part in the history of Kashmir upto the ninth and tenth centuries (TAI, p. 397).
Hidimba:-The Kavyamimāṁsā? mentions the Hidimba river of the Paścimadeśa. The river has tentatively been identified with the Cambal on the evidence of Hidimbavana mentioned in the Mahabharata. Perhaps the people of this region were called the Hidimbas.
Ambatthā - the Ambașthas: --Ptolemy speaks of a tribe called Ambastai who occupied the east region of the Hindukush mountain (TAI, p. 97) while Pargiter locates the Ambașthas in between Ambala and Sutlez (LAI, p. 358).
Sula=the Sūlikas or Calikas? :- They are probably the Culikas of the Purāņas. They have been identified with the people of Oxus in Turkistan (TAI, p. 385). They spoke Culikā Paisaci and Su-lig was a well-known ancient name of Kashgara.
Vauvaramālā = The Barbaras :- The Vavvaras have also been mentioned as the allies of Lavaņa and Arkuśa when they fought against Rama and Lakşmaņa (99. 55). According to the Mahabharata they seem to be the people of northern country. The BỊhatasaṁhită refers to them as the people of north or north-west (TAI, p. 92). The country of the Barbaras was in the north-west frontier of India and it stretched up to the Arabian sea (CAGI, p. 693). Now in the PCV itself there is a reference to the people called Ardhabarbaras and Mlecchas who attacked the terriory of Janaka. They are located to the north of the Kailāśa. Further the PCV tells that various
1. Pandit Kedarnath Sharma (1954), p. 227. 2. Ibid. p. 229. 3. Nagpur University Journal, No. 7, Dec. 1941, p. 44f; See 1A, Vol. 3, No. 4.
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