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LIFE IN ANCIENT INDIA
Mutthiya
Can they be identified with Mūtibas of the Artareya Brāhmana, who are mentioned along with the Andhras, Pulindas and Savaras. Perhaps they were located in the south.48
Nehura or Nedura
Its exact situation is unidentifiable. Ninnaga
Ņinhaiya is included among the eighteen kuuds of livis described in the Samavāyānga (See Supra).
Its location is not known.
Pakkaniya or Pakkanaya
The Pakkaniyas were the maid-servants brought from this countıy.
Pakkaniyas arc perhaps the same as the Pareikaniol of Herodotus. This is also implied as a counter example to Praskanva in Sūtra (6. 1. 153) and is stated by the Käsikā to have been the name of a country The Pareikanioi, who are said to have formed a part of the empire of Darius, may be identified as the ancient inhabitants of modern Ferghana Geographically Ferghana is situated immediately to the north of Pamir or ancient Kamboja 48
Pakkhalı, Pukkhalı or Pakkani
The maid-servants, known as Pakkanis, were also brought from here. Tlus country was famous for fine horses. According to Haribhadra, Pakkhali is the same as Vählīka.47
Pallhara
(Sce Supra; Pärasa
(See Supra Pulinda
The maid-servants known as Pulindis were brought from here. Pulindi was also known as a script. (See Supra).
According to the Kathāsaritsägara (IV. 22), the kingdom of the Pulindas was situated amidst the Vindhyas on the route which goes from Kausāmbi to Ujjayini.
45 Ibid. p 173 46 Dr. V'S Agrawala 7 UPHS, Vol. 16, pt. I. p 28. 41 Das. Ti., 6. 4 Sce Sylvain Lévi, Pre-Aryan and Drazndian in India, pp 88.01.
