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Asvakas (Sanskrit: Aśvaka) were an
ancient people from
Gandhara in the present-day ****stan and Afghanistan. The
region in
which they
lived was also called...
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fierce Kshatriya clan of the
Ashvakas from M****aga or
Aornos (Pir-Sir) or some
other adjacent territory of the
Ashvakas. No
ancient evidence is available...
- Society) "Afghans are ****akani of the Gr****s; this word
being the
Sanskrit Ashvaka meaning 'hor****'." (Sva, 1915, p. 113,
Christopher Molesworth Birdwood)...
- Swat/Kunar
regions and
possibly be
connected with the
Ashvakas of the
Indian texts. Like Arjunayanas, the
Ashvakas (Aspasioi and ****akenoi) were also a republican...
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supreme position in
horse (Ashva) culture, they were also po****rly
known as
Ashvakas, i.e. the "hor****" and
their land was
known as "Home of Horses". They...
- Society). "Afghans are ****akani of the Gr****s; this word
being the
Sanskrit Ashvaka meaning 'hor****'" (Ref: Sva, 1915, p 113,
Christopher Molesworth Birdwood)...
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Ashvakas / ****acenii / ****acani /
Aspasii (Aspasians): A few
scholars have
linked the
historical Afghans (modern Pakhtuns/Pashtuns) to the
Ashvakas (the...
- son by Alexander, a
notion dismissed by historians. The ****acani (called
Ashvakas in Sanskrit, from the word Ashva,
meaning "horse") were an independent...
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century CE, and a
stronghold of the Aspasioi, a
western branch of the
Ashvakas (q.v) of the
Sanskrit texts who had
earlier offered stubborn resistance...
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Numistmatic Art, 1977, p 128,
Bhaskar Chattopadhya). See:
Article Ashvakas for
Ashvakas/Kambojas identity.
Ancient Indian Education:
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