Studies in the Bhagavati Sutra

Author(s): J C Sikdar
Publisher: Research Institute of Prakrit Jainology & Ahimsa Mujjaffarpur

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510 STUDIES IN THE BHAGAWATÍ SÚTRA (Ch. VIII ancient Vaijayantī,' Busantion of the Periplus and Banaousii of Ptolemy.
Jonhiyās (Joņhikās = Yaunas - Yavanas-Greeks).
The Jonhiyās may be identical with the Yaunas (Yavanas = Greeks) of the Mahābhāratu" and other Brāhmaṇical works, who are mentioned along with the Kambojas, Gandhāras, etc.
Pallaviyās (Palhavas Pārthians)
The Pallaviyās are the Palhavas which find mention in the Purāṇase, the two epics?, epigraphic and numismatic records and foreign accounts. Prof. Rapsono thinks that the word
Palhava' is a corruption of "Pārthava' the Indian name for the Parthians. So the Palhavikās may definitely be identified with the female members of the Pārthians who were originally an Iraniam people settled on the frontiers of Mazandarān and Khurāsān, circa 249-8 B. C.
The establishment of the rule of the Pārthians in the 1st Cen. A. D. in North-West India is evidenced by the numismatic" and epigraphic records and the Periplus of the Erythraean Sea. 23
1 Satavāhana Inscription, Năsika cave Inscription of Gautami
putra Sātakarni, 18th regnal year. · Periplus of the Erythraean Sea (Schoff). ; Mc. Crindle: Ancient India as described by Ptolemy, p. 129. 4 Mahabhārata, XII, 207. 6 Visnu Purana (Wilson's edition), pp. 156. 90. 6 Vayu Purana ; Vide Tribes in Aucient India p. 93, Samskrit
English Dictionary: Monier-Williams. P. 612. 7 Rāmāyana, Adikanda, LIV 1018-20 (B) Mahabharata, XII;
207 (?) 8 Nāsika caye Inscription of Gautamiputra Satakarņi. Vide, Select Inscriptions Jünāgadha R, 1. of Rudradāman, 150 A. D. Also see, Select Inscriptions of Dr. D. C. Sirkar; Parthian coins, C.H.I. Vol. 1. 9 Periplus of the Erytraean Sea. 10 Cambridge History of India Vol. 1, Rapson ; see Takt-i,
Bāhi Inscription of Gondopharnes, 11 Pārthian Coins-C.H.I. Vol. 1, Rapson. 12 Takt-g-Bāhi Inscription of Gondopharnes. 18 Periplus of the Erythraean Sea.