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CHAPTER LXXY
MISCELLANEOUS TRIBES
PEȚENIKAS – GO-LĀNGULAS - SAILUŞAS - KUSUMAS --- NĀMAVĀSAKAS–ADHAKYAS-DANDAKASPAURIKAS-ATHARVAS AND ARKALINGAS-MAULIKAS–MŪSIKAS OR MUŞAKAS-CULIKAS AND ŚŪLIKAS – KANKANAS - TOSALAS - VAIDIŚAS - TUŞTIKĀRAS - MĀHIŞAKAS OR MĀHIŞIKAS-KIKAȚAS-PRAVANGAS-RANGEYAS -MĀNADAS-UGRAS-TANGANAS-MUDAKARAS - ANTARGIRYAS -BAHIRGIRAS – ANŪPAS - KUKURAS-SURYĀRAKAS - VRKAS - HĀRABHŪSIKAS - MĀTHARAS – JĀGUDAS - BRAHMOTTARAS - BHRGUKACCHAS-MĀHEYAS-BHOJAS-APARĀNTAS-HAIHAYAS - BHOGAVARDHANAS-SARAJAS-VIRAHOTRAS-VINDHYAMAULEYAS - JĀNGALAS – BHADRAKARAS - KSHUDRAKAS -PUŞKALAS-CĪNAS-TUKHĀRAS-SĀRASVATAS-AŚVAKŪTASKULYAS – MALAKAS – BODHAS – DAŠAMĀLIKAS - HARŞAVARDHANAS-KUŠERUKAS-HAMSAMĀRGAS-KUHAKAS-SATAPATHA -CARMAKHAŅDIKAS-GABALAS/SATADRUJAS-URŅAS-DARVAS -BAHU-BHADRAS-TRAIPURAS-GAJĀHVAYAS-PARŅA-SAVARAS
-ARBUDAS-KHASAS
The Petenikas of Asokan inscriptions have been plausibly
identified with the Paithānikas or inhabitants of refenikas Paithän on the Godāvari 1 in North-Western Hyderabad. Paithān is the present name of ancient Pratisthāna which was a flourishing city during the rule of the Sātavāhana kings. Pratisthāna, the modern Paithān on the north bank of the Godāvari in the Aurangabad District of Hyderabad, is famous in literature as the capital of King śātakarņi (Sātavāhana or Sālivāhana) and his son Sakti-kumāra who are generally identified with the king Sātakarni and the prince Śakti-Sri of the Nānāghāt inscriptions. According to Dr. D. R. Bhandarkar the word ‘Pitinika' of Asokan inscriptions, as mentioned in Rock Edicts V and XIII, should not be treated as a separate word and is to be regarded as an adjective qualifying Rāstrika (mentioned in Edict V) and Bhoja (mentioned in Edict XIII) which are mentioned along with it. In this connection Dr. Bhandarkar points to certain
i Cambridge History of India, Vol. I, p. 603. 2 Ibid., Vol. I, p. 531.
