Pakthas

Pakhtas

Pakhtas

Ancient Vedic Indo-Aryan tribe

Pakthas or Pakhtas was an ancient Vedic Indo-Aryan tribe[1] living in the northern borderlands of South Asia.[2][3] They are considered to be one of the possible ancestors of modern Pakhtun people.[2] They are identified with "Pactyans" by Herodotus.[4]

location of Pakthas among early Indo-Aryan peoples and tribes

See also

References

  1. [1]
    Prasad, R. U. S. (2020-10-06). The Rig-Vedic and Post-Rig-Vedic Polity (1500 BCE-500 BCE). Vernon Press. p. 67. ISBN 978-1-64889-001-7.
  2. [2]
    Pradhan, Shrinivas Vasudeo (2014-08-11). The Elusive Aryans: Archaeological Search and Vedic Research; The Origin of the Hindus. Cambridge Scholars Publishing. p. 114. ISBN 978-1-4438-6592-0.
  3. [3]
    Macdonell, Arthur Anthony; Keith, Arthur Berriedale (1912). Vedic Index of Names and Subjects. Vol. I. John Murray. p. 464.
  4. [4]
    Sonawani, Sanjay (2015-04-16). Origins of the Vedic Religion: And Indus-Ghaggar Civilisation. Booktango. p. 146. ISBN 978-1-4689-5713-6.
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