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The '''Gandharis''' ({{lang-sa|गंधारी}}), are a tribe attested from the [[Rigveda]] ([[Mandala 1|RV 1]].120.1, 1.126.7) and later texts.<br />
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According to Zimmer, they lived on the [[Kabul River|Kubha river]] in Vedic times.<ref>Macdonell and Keith, Vedic Index, 1912</ref> In later times, they formed a part of the Persian empire.<ref>Macdonell and Keith, Vedic Index, 1912</ref><br />
They are first mentioned as Gandhari in the Rigveda, then along with the Balhikas (Bactrians) among border tribes in the Atharvavada, to whom one sends illnesses such as the fever. <br />
The [[Aitareya Brahmana]] refers to king Naganajit of Gandhara who was contemporary of King Janaka of Videha. The Gandharis are also mentioned in the [[Chandogya Upanishad]] and the [[Srauta Sutras]].<br />
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The Gandharas are included in the [[Uttarapatha]] division of Puranic and Buddhistic traditions.<br />
The Puranas record that the [[Druhyus]] were driven out of the land of the seven rivers by Mandhatr and that their next king Gandhara settled in a north-western region which became known as [[Gandhara]].<ref>Kandahar in Afghanistan possibly derives its name from Gandhara, Bryant 2001</ref> The sons of the later Druhyu king Pracetas lived in the adjacent region of north Afghanistan. This is recorded in the following Puranas: Bhagavata 9.23.15–16; Visnu 4.17.5; Vayu 99.11–12; Brahmanda 3.74.11–12 and Matsya 48.9.<ref>see e.g. Pargiter [1922] 1979; Talageri 1993, 2000</ref><br />
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Gandharas and their king figure prominently as strong allies of the [[Kuru (kingdom)|Kuru]]s against the [[Pandava]]s in [[Mahabharata]] war. The Gandharas were a furious people, well trained in the art of war. According to [[Puranic]] traditions, this Janapada was founded by ''Gandhara'', son of Aruddha, a descendant of [[Yayati]]. The princes of this country are said to have come from the line of Druhyu who was a famous king of Rigvedic period. The river Indus watered the lands of Gandhara. According to Vayu Purana (II.36.107), the Gandharas were destroyed by Pramiti aka [[Kali|Kalika]], at the end of ''[[Kali Yuga]]''.<br />
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