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{{Short description|Ancient Indian tribe}} | {{Short description|Ancient Indian tribe}} | ||
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[[File:Mahajanapadas (c. 500 BCE).png|thumb|Pulinda during the post-Vedic period]] | |||
'''Pulinda''' ([[Sanskrit]]: {{transl|sa|Pulinda}}) was an ancient [[tribe]] of south-central [[South Asia]] whose existence is attested during the [[Iron Age in India|Iron Age]]. The Pulindas were a non-[[Indo-Aryan peoples|Indo-Aryan]] tribe.{{sfn|Raychaudhuri|1953|p=92}}{{sfn|Raychaudhuri|1953|p=94}} | |||
==Location== | |||
During the later Vedic period, the Pulindas were living to the south-east of the [[Daśārṇa]]s.{{sfn|Raychaudhuri|1953|p=94}} | |||
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" /> | ||
==History== | |||
The [[Edicts of Ashoka|Rock Edicts of Ashoka]] (269 BCE - 231 BCE) mention the Pulindas, their capital Pulinda-nagara, and their neighboring tribes. [[Vayu Purana]] mentioned their capital 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> | |||
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Likewise here in the king's (Ashoka ) territory, among the [[Yonas]] and [[Kambojas]], among the Nabhakas and Nabhapamkits, among the Bhojas and the Pitinikas, among the [[Andhras]] and the [[Pulindas]], everywhere (people) are conforming to Beloved-Of-God (Ashoka) instruction in morality.</br> | |||
[https://archive.org/details/InscriptionsOfAsoka.NewEditionByE.Hultzsch/page/n186/mode/1up?view=theater — Ashoka, Rock Edict 13 , Kalsi Rock, South Portion] | |||
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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> Pulindas together with the Sabaras are mentioned by [[Kautilya]] in [[Arthashastra]].<ref>{{Cite book |last=Saletore |first=B. A. |url=http://archive.org/details/dli.ernet.277511 |title=Wild Tribes in Indian History |pages=99 |quote=Pulindas together with the Sabaras are mentioned by Kautalya in his Arthashastra.|language=English}}</ref> | |||
==References== | ==References== | ||
{{reflist|2}} | {{reflist|2}} | ||
==Sources== | |||
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*{{cite book |last=Raychaudhuri |first=Hemchandra |author-link=Hem Chandra Raychaudhuri |date=1953 |title=Political History of Ancient India: From the Accession of Parikshit to the Extinction of Gupta Dynasty |url= |location= |publisher=[[University of Calcutta]] |isbn=}} | |||
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==External links== | ==External links== | ||