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South Asia 500 BCE
ACHAEMENID EMPIRE AŚMAKA AVANTĪ CEDI PUṆḌRA VAṄGA RĀḌHA
SUHMA KALIṄGA
SAVARA ANDHRA ****ALA APARĀNTA DAṆḌAKA MŪLAKA
VIDARBHA DAŚARṆA...
- as part of
Vahika.
Panini mentions three divisions of
Vahika Country, viz Kekaya, Uśīnara and Madra.
Fourth division to be
added to
Vahika country is...
- to be
commonly styled as
Arattas or
Vahikas etc.
Aratta or
Vahika, by no means,
implies an
ethic term The
Vahikas or
Arattas were
divided into many tribes...
- like
Utkal Patra,
Utkal Hiteisini from Cuttack,
Utkal Darpan and
Sambada Vahika from
Balasore and
Sambalpur Hiteisini from Deogarh.
Fakir Mohan Senapati...
- (Varanasi Chapter) of the
Skanda Purana recounts the
remarkable story of
Vahika, a
profligate and
unrepentant sinner, who is
killed by a
tiger in the forest...
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mentions their land as a part of the
Vahika country. The
other three countries which formed parts of the
Vahika land were the Madra, the
Usinara and the...
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believed to be born in
Kamai village to her
parents Pavana (father) and
Vahika (mother). In Kaliyuga,
Swami Hariram Vyas is
believed to be the incarnation...
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Brahmanas (8,40) In the
region called Aratta,
resides the
people called the
Vahikas. The
lowest of
Brahmanas also are
residing there from very
remote times...
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almost as
blamable in
their practices." (8:44) "One
should always avoid the
Vahikas,
those impure people that are out of the pale of virtue, and that live...
- Deepika,
Utkal Patra,
Utkal Hiteisini from Cuttack,
Utkal Darpan and
Sambada Vahika from
Balasore and
Sambalpur Hiteisini from Deogarh.
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