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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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scholars sought a
connection with "horse", Skt.aśva-, Av.aspa-, i.e. the
Aśvaka or Aśvakayana, the name of the Aśvakan or ****akan, the
ancient inhabitants...
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Afghan is
Aryan being derived from Asvakayana, an
important clan of the
Asvakas or hor**** who must have
derived this
title from
their handling of celebrated...
- both of
these ancient tribal names were
probably derived from the word
Aśvaka,
which literally means "hor****", "horse breeders", or "cavalrymen" (from...
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Afghan is
Aryan being derived from Asvakayana, an
important clan of the
Asvakas or hor**** who must have
derived this
title from
their handling of celebrated...
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Afghan is
Aryan being derived from Asvakayana, an
important clan of the
Asvakas or hor**** who must have
derived this
title from
their handling of celebrated...
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Alexander the Great,
while the
Western Gandharan tribes,
exemplified by the
Aśvaka around the Swat valley, resisted.
Following the
Macedonian downfall, Gandhara...
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Macedonian Empire Gandhara Aśvaka Pauravas...
- King ⁂
Victory 326-04
April 326 BC
Indian Campaign Aornos Siege of
Aornos .
Aśvaka Siege ****stan King ⁂
Victory 326-05 May 326 BC
Indian Campaign Hydaspes...
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Asmaka was not an
independent southern kingdom, but
referred instead to
Asvaka—a
nation in the
north ruled by the Kambojas. The epic
Mahabharata mentions...
