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{{Short description|Ancient Indian tribe}}
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The '''Pulindas''' ([[Sanskrit]]: पुलिंद) were an ancient tribe of [[India]], likely resident in the environs of the [[Vindhya Range]] of Central India.<ref name="raychaudhuri1953">{{Citation | title=Political history of ancient India: from the accession of Parikshit to the extinction of the Gupta dynasty | author=Hemchandra Raychaudhuri | year=1953 | access-date=2010-05-06 | publisher=University of Calcutta | url=https://books.google.com/books?id=fN89AAAAMAAJ | quote=''... Pulindas who are invariably associated with the Nerbudda (Reva) and the Vindhyan region ...''}}</ref> The [[Edicts of Ashoka|Rock Edicts of Ashoka]] (269 BCE - 231 BCE) mention the Pulindas, their capital Pulinda-nagara, and their neighboring tribes, based on which their capital is sometimes located in present-day [[Jabalpur District]] of [[Madhya Pradesh]] state.<ref name="bhandarkar2000">{{Citation | title=Aśoka| author=Devadatta Ramkrishna Bhandarkar | year=2000 | access-date=2010-05-06 | isbn=81-206-1333-3 | publisher=Asian Educational Services | url=https://books.google.com/books?id=hhlfSZLDjRsC | quote=''... in Rock Edict XIII ... we have to place them somewhere to the north or the north-east of the Andhras ... In the Vayu-Purana, the southern branch of the Pulindas  has been placed side by side with the Vindhya-muliyas ... their capital is mentioned as Pulinda-nagara and their kingdom as contiguous with the Chedi country ... the Jubbulpur District ...''}}</ref> Basak identifies them with the [[hill tribe]]s of the Vindhya and Satpura ranges, more specifically the Bhils.<ref>Radhagovinda Basak, AŚOKAN INSCRIPTIONS, Calcutta, 1959, pp. 75</ref>
The '''Pulindas''' ([[Sanskrit]]: पुलिंद) were an ancient tribe of [[India]], likely resident in the environs of the [[Vindhya Range]] of Central India.<ref name="raychaudhuri1953">{{Citation | title=Political history of ancient India: from the accession of Parikshit to the extinction of the Gupta dynasty | author=Hemchandra Raychaudhuri | year=1953 | access-date=2010-05-06 | publisher=University of Calcutta | url=https://books.google.com/books?id=fN89AAAAMAAJ | quote=''... Pulindas who are invariably associated with the Nerbudda (Reva) and the Vindhyan region ...''}}</ref> The [[Edicts of Ashoka|Rock Edicts of Ashoka]] (269 BCE - 231 BCE) mention the Pulindas, their capital Pulinda-nagara, and their neighboring tribes, based on which their capital is sometimes located in present-day [[Jabalpur District]] of [[Madhya Pradesh]] state.<ref name="bhandarkar2000">{{Citation | title=Aśoka| author=Devadatta Ramkrishna Bhandarkar | year=2000 | access-date=2010-05-06 | isbn=81-206-1333-3 | publisher=Asian Educational Services | url=https://books.google.com/books?id=hhlfSZLDjRsC | quote=''... in Rock Edict XIII ... we have to place them somewhere to the north or the north-east of the Andhras ... In the Vayu-Purana, the southern branch of the Pulindas  has been placed side by side with the Vindhya-muliyas ... their capital is mentioned as Pulinda-nagara and their kingdom as contiguous with the Chedi country ... the Jubbulpur District ...''}}</ref> Basak identifies them with the [[hill tribe]]s of the Vindhya and Satpura ranges, more specifically the Bhils.<ref>Radhagovinda Basak, AŚOKAN INSCRIPTIONS, Calcutta, 1959, pp. 75</ref>


Though clearly associated with the Vindhyan region, the Pulindas are sometimes believed to have had multiple tribal branches that ranged up to the [[Himalaya|Himalayan region]] and [[Assam]].<ref name="sircar1990">{{Citation | title=Studies in the geography of ancient and medieval India| author=D.C. Sircar | year=1990 | access-date=2010-05-06 | isbn=81-208-0690-5 | publisher=Motilal Banarsidass Publishers| url=https://books.google.com/books?id=AqKw1Mn8WcwC | quote=''... The Pulindas were a hill tribe usually connected with the Vindhyan range. Partiger notices several branches of the Pulinda tribe, viz. (1) a western branch, (2) a Himalayan branch related to the Kiratas and Tanganas, and (3) a southern branch  ...''}}</ref> In the Himalayan region, ancient Indian literature often mentions them in conjunction with the [[Kirata Kingdom|Kiratas]].<ref name="sircar1990" />
Though clearly associated with the Vindhyan region, the Pulindas are sometimes believed to have had multiple tribal branches that ranged up to the [[Himalaya|Himalayan region]] and [[Assam]].<ref name="sircar1990">{{Citation | title=Studies in the geography of ancient and medieval India| author=D.C. Sircar | year=1990 | access-date=2010-05-06 | isbn=81-208-0690-5 | publisher=Motilal Banarsidass Publishers| url=https://books.google.com/books?id=AqKw1Mn8WcwC | quote=''... The Pulindas were a hill tribe usually connected with the Vindhyan range. Partiger notices several branches of the Pulinda tribe, viz. (1) a western branch, (2) a Himalayan branch related to the Kiratas and Tanganas, and (3) a southern branch  ...''}}</ref> In the Himalayan region, ancient Indian literature often mentions them in conjunction with the [[Kirata Kingdom|Kiratas]].<ref name="sircar1990" />
In addition to the Pulindas of Vindhya, the Asokan inscriptions might have also labelled a South Indian people called '''Paladas''' as "Pulindas". Historian Sathianathaier has postulated that the name of [[Pallavas]] was derived from Paladas.<ref>{{citation |first=R. |last=Sathianathaier |chapter=Dynasties of South India |title=The Classical Age |edition=Third |editor1-last=Majumdar |editor1-first=R. C. |editor2-last=Pusalkar |editor2-first=A. D. |series=History and Culture of Indian People |publisher=Bharatiya Vidya Bhavan |year=1970 |orig-year=first published 1954 |url=https://archive.org/details/in.ernet.dli.2015.108270 |pp=256–257}}</ref>


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Latest revision as of 11:37, 3 December 2021

The Pulindas (Sanskrit: पुलिंद) were an ancient tribe of India, likely resident in the environs of the Vindhya Range of Central India.[1] The Rock Edicts of Ashoka (269 BCE - 231 BCE) mention the Pulindas, their capital Pulinda-nagara, and their neighboring tribes, based on which their capital is sometimes located in present-day Jabalpur District of Madhya Pradesh state.[2] Basak identifies them with the hill tribes of the Vindhya and Satpura ranges, more specifically the Bhils.[3]

Though clearly associated with the Vindhyan region, the Pulindas are sometimes believed to have had multiple tribal branches that ranged up to the Himalayan region and Assam.[4] In the Himalayan region, ancient Indian literature often mentions them in conjunction with the Kiratas.[4]

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  1. ↑ Hemchandra Raychaudhuri (1953), Political history of ancient India: from the accession of Parikshit to the extinction of the Gupta dynasty, University of Calcutta, retrieved 6 May 2010, ... Pulindas who are invariably associated with the Nerbudda (Reva) and the Vindhyan region ...
  2. ↑ Devadatta Ramkrishna Bhandarkar (2000), Aśoka, Asian Educational Services, ISBN 81-206-1333-3, retrieved 6 May 2010, ... in Rock Edict XIII ... we have to place them somewhere to the north or the north-east of the Andhras ... In the Vayu-Purana, the southern branch of the Pulindas has been placed side by side with the Vindhya-muliyas ... their capital is mentioned as Pulinda-nagara and their kingdom as contiguous with the Chedi country ... the Jubbulpur District ...
  3. ↑ Radhagovinda Basak, AŚOKAN INSCRIPTIONS, Calcutta, 1959, pp. 75
  4. ↑ 4.0 4.1 D.C. Sircar (1990), Studies in the geography of ancient and medieval India, Motilal Banarsidass Publishers, ISBN 81-208-0690-5, retrieved 6 May 2010, ... The Pulindas were a hill tribe usually connected with the Vindhyan range. Partiger notices several branches of the Pulinda tribe, viz. (1) a western branch, (2) a Himalayan branch related to the Kiratas and Tanganas, and (3) a southern branch ...

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