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The '''Uttaramadra''' was the northern branch of the [[Madra]] people who are numerously referenced in ancient [[Sanskrit]] and [[Pāli|Pali]] literature.

In [[Aitareya Brahmana]] (VIII.14), the [[Uttarakuru]] and the Uttaramadra [[tribe]]s are stated to be living beyond [[Himalaya]]. Aitareya Brahmana also adduces these two people as an example of republican (vairajiya) [[janapadas]] or nations, where whole [[Janapada]] took the consecration of rulership.<ref>tasmad atasyam udichya dishi ye ke ca pren himvantam janapada uttarakurva uttaramadra, iti vairajyaya te.abhishichyante, — ''(Aitareya Brahmana, VIII/14)''</ref>

The [[Vamsa Brahmana]] (1/18)<ref>http://titus.fkidg1.uni-frankfurt.de/texte/etcs/ind/aind/ved/sv/vb/vb.htm</ref> of the [[Sama Veda]] refers to Madrakara Shaungayani as the teacher of [[Aupamanyava Kamboja]]. Sage Shangayani Madrakara, as his name itself shows, and as the scholars have rightly pointed out, belonged to the [[Madra]] people. This connection between the ''Uttaramadras'' and the ''Kambojas'' is but natural, as they were close neighbors in the north-west (Vedic Index)).

[[Jean Przylusky]] has shown that Bahlika (Balkh) was an Iranian settlement of the Madras who were known as ''Bahlika-Uttaramadras''.{{citation needed|date=September 2015}}{{dubious|date=September 2015}}

The Kambojas, the neighbors of the Uttaramadras, here obviously refers to the [[Kambojas|Parama-Kambojas]] branch of the Kambojas located in Trans-[[Hindukush]] regions.

From the fact that ''Kamboja Aupamanyava'' is stated to be pupil of [[Wise Old Man|sage]] ''Shangayani Madrakara'', scholars like [[A. B. Keith]] and [[A. A. Macdonell]] of the Vedic Index as well as [[H. Zimmer]] and others ''postulate a possible connection of the Uttaramadras with the [[Kambojas]] who are stated to have had both [[Iran]]ian as well as [[India]]n affinities''.{{citation needed|date=September 2015}}

Zimmer, Ludwig, [[B. C. Law]], [[A. D. Pusalkar]] and others think that Kamboja Aupamanyava was the son or descendant of sage [[Upamanyu]] of the Rig Veda (I.102.9).

== Sources ==
* Vedic Index, I. pp 84,138, II, p 61, A. B. Keith, A. A. Macdonnell,
* Geographical Data in Early Puranas, 1972, pp 65, 164, Dr M. R. Singh,
* History and Culture of Indian People, The Vedic Age, p 259.
* Some Kshatriya Tribes of Ancient India, 1924, p 231,
* Problems of Ancient India, 2000, p 6-7, K. D. Sethna.
* India as Known to Panini, p 50, Dr V. S. Aggarwala,
* cf also: An Ancient People of Panjab, The Udumbras, Journal Asiatique, 1926, p 11, Jean Przylusky showing that Bahlika (Balkh) was an Iranian settlement of the Madras who were known as Bahlika-Uttaramadras.

== References ==
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