Drona Parva of Mahabharata refers to 6000 soldiers from the Parama Kamboja group who had sided with the Pandavas against the
Kauravas in the
Kurukshetra war. They have been described as "very fortunate Kambojas" (prabhadrakastu Kambojah),[2] extremely fierce, 'Personification of Death' (samanmrityo), fearful like Yama, the god of death and rich like Kuber i.e. god of treasure (Kambojah.... Yama. vaishravan.opamah: 7.23.42-44).
^Dr Buddha Prakash maintains that, based on the evidence of
Kalidasa's
Raghuvamsha, Raghu defeated the
Hunas on river Vamkshu (Raghu vamsha 4.68), and then he marched against the Kambojas (4.69-70). These Kambojas were of
Iranian affinities who lived in
Pamirs and
Badakshan.
Xuanzang calls this region Kiumito which is thought to be Komdei of
Ptolemy and Kumadh or Kumedh of
Muslim writers (See: Studies in Indian History and Civilization, Agra, p 351; India and the World, 1964, p 71, Dr Buddha Prakash; India and Central Asia, 1955, p 35, P. C. Bagch).
^See: Ethnography of Ancient India, 1954, p 140, ROBERT SHAFER, Publishers: O. Harrassowitz, Ethnology. Also check up "Prabhadraka" in Monier-William Dictionary
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