Pakhtas

Pakthas or Pakhtas was an ancient Vedic 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]^[4]

References

^ 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.
^ ^a ^b 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.
^ Macdonell, Arthur Anthony; Keith, Arthur Berriedale (1912). Vedic Index of Names and Subjects. Vol. I. John Murray. p. 464.
^ Sonawani, Sanjay (2015-04-16). Origins of the Vedic Religion: And Indus-Ghaggar Civilisation. Booktango. p. 146. ISBN 978-1-4689-5713-6.

[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.

[a-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] Macdonell, Arthur Anthony; Keith, Arthur Berriedale (1912). Vedic Index of Names and Subjects. Vol. I. John Murray. p. 464.

[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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