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{{short description|Clans mentioned by name in the Rigveda}} |
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[[Image:Rigvedic geography.jpg|thumb|Geography of the Rigveda, with [[Rigvedic rivers|river names]]; the extent of the [[Swat culture|Swat]] and [[Cemetery H culture|Cemetery H]] cultures are also indicated.]][[Indo-Aryan peoples|Indo-Aryan]] society at the time of the ''[[Rigveda]]'' was organized into [[clan]] groupings. The clans mentioned in the ''Rigveda'' are described as [[semi-nomadic]] pastoralists.<ref>Staal, F. (1999). Greek and Vedic geometry. Journal of Indian Philosophy, 27(1), 105-127.</ref> During the Rigvedic period, they formed a [[warrior]] society, engaging in [[endemic warfare]] and [[cattle raid]]s ("{{IAST|gaviṣṭi}}") among themselves and against their enemies, the "Dasyu" or [[Dasa]].{{Citation needed|date=September 2021}}When not on the move, they were subdivided into temporary tribal settlements (''vish'', viś) composed of several villages, and each village was composed of several families.<ref>Sharma, R. K. (1997). Rural Sociology. Atlantic Publishers & Dist.</ref> These settlements were headed by a [[tribal chief]] (''[[raja]]'', rājan) assisted by warriors (''kshatra'') and a [[Vedic priesthood|priestly caste]] (''brahman'').{{Citation needed|date=September 2021}} |
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The following is a list of [[Indo-Aryans|Indo-Aryan]] clans mentioned in the text of the [[Rigveda]]. |
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== List of clans == |
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# Alina people (RV 7.18.7) - They were probably one of the clans defeated by [[Sudas]] at the [[Dasarajna]],<ref name=MacdonellKeith />{{rp|I 39}} and it has been suggested that they lived to the north-east of [[Nurestan Province|Nurestan]], because much later, in the 7th century CE, the land was mentioned by the Chinese pilgrim [[Xuanzang]].<ref name=MacdonellKeith />{{rp|I 39}} |
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#[[Anu (tribe)|Anu]] is a [[Vedic Sanskrit]] term for one of the 5 major clans in the [[Rigveda]], [[Mandala 1|RV 1]].108.8, [[Mandala 8|RV 8]].10.5 (both times listed together with the [[Druhyu]]) and, much later also in the [[Mahabharata]].<ref name="Talageri, S. G. 2005">Talageri, S. G. (2005). The Rigveda as a source of Indo-European history. The Indo-Aryan Controversy: Evidence and Inference in Indian History, 332.</ref> In the late Vedic period, one of the Anu kings, King Anga, is mentioned as a "[[chakravarti]]" ([[Aitareya Brahmana|AB]] 8.22). ''Ānava'', the [[vrddhi]] derivation of ''Anu'', is the name of a ruler in the Rigvedic account of the [[Battle of the Ten Kings]] (7.18.13) and at 8.4.1 with the Turvaśa (clan). The meaning ánu "living, human" (Naighantu) cannot be substantiated for the Rigveda <ref>Mayrhofer, Etym. Dict. 1986, pt. 1, p. 74</ref> and may have been derived from the tribal name. |
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#Āyu<ref>Bloomfield, M. (1899). The Myth of Purūravas, Urvaçī, and Âyu. Journal of the American Oriental Society, 20, 180-183.</ref> |
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#Bhajeratha<ref>Zimmer, S. (1986). On a special meaning of jána- in the Rgveda. Indo-Iranian Journal, 29(2), 109-115.</ref> |
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# Bhalanas - The Bhalanas were one of the clans that fought against [[Sudas]] in the [[Dasarajna]] battle. Some scholars have argued that the Bhalanas lived in [[Kabulistan]], and that the [[Bolan Pass]] derives its name from the Bhalanas.<ref name="Talageri, S. G. 2005"/><ref name=MacdonellKeith /> |
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#[[Bhāratas|Bharatas]] - The '''Bharatas''' are an [[Arya]]n clan mentioned in the [[Rigveda]], especially in [[Mandala 3]] attributed to the Bharata sage [[Vishvamitra]] and in and [[Mandala 7]].<ref name="Frawley, D. 2001">Frawley, D. (2001). The Rig Veda and the History of India: Rig Veda Bharata Itihasa. Aditya Prakashan.</ref> ''Bharatá'' is also used as a name of [[Agni]] (literally, "to be maintained", viz. the fire having to be kept alive by the care of men), and as a name of [[Rudra]] in [[Mandala 2|RV 2]].36.8. In one of the "[[Rigvedic rivers|river hymn]]s" [[Mandala 3|RV 3]].33, the entire Bharata clan is described as crossing over, with their chariots and wagons, at the confluence of the Vipash (Beas) and Shutudri (Satlej). Hymns by Vasistha in [[Mandala 7]] (7.18 etc.) mention the Bharatas as the protagonists in the [[Battle of the Ten Kings]], where they are on the winning side. They appear to have been successful in the early power-struggles between the various [[Arya]]n and [[Dasyu|non-Aryan]] clans so that they continue to dominate in post-Rigvedic texts, and later in the ([[Sanskrit epics|Epic]]) tradition, the [[Mahābhārata]], the eponymous ancestor becomes [[Bharata Chakravartin]], conqueror of 'all of [[Bharata Khanda|India]]', and his clan and kingdom is called Bhārata. "Bhārata" today is the official name of the [[Republic of India]] (see also [[Etymology of India]]). |
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#[[Bhrigus]]<ref>Weller, H. (1937). WHO WERE THE BHRIGUIDS?. Annals of the Bhandarkar Oriental Research Institute, 18(3), 296-302.</ref> |
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#Chedi<ref>MALVIYA, C. (2011). THE ROOTS OF DEMOCRACY IN INDIAN CULTURE. CULTURAL IDENTITY, 287.</ref> |
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#[[Dasa]] (dāsa, 'servant')<ref name="Sircar, D. C. 1974">Sircar, D. C. (1974). The Dasa–Dasyu in the Rigveda. Some problems of Indian history and culture.</ref> |
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#[[Dasyu]] (Iranian: Dahyu, mentioned in Latin as: [[Dahae]], in Greek as: Daai)<ref name="Sircar, D. C. 1974"/> |
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#{{IAST|Dṛbhīka}}<ref>Geiger, W., & Sanjana, D. D. P. (1885). Civilization of the Eastern Irānians in Ancient Times: Ethnography and social life (Vol. 1). Henry Frowde.</ref> |
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#'''Druhyus''' - The '''Druhyu''' were a people of Vedic [[India]]. They are mentioned in the Rigveda,<ref>e.g. RV 1.108.8; 7.18; 8.10.5; 6.46.8</ref> usually together with the [[Anu]] clan.<ref>Hopkins, E. W. (1893). Problematic passages in the Rig-Veda. Journal of the American Oriental Society, 15, 252-283.</ref> Some early scholars have placed them in the northwestern region.<ref name=MacdonellKeith /> |
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#[[Gandhari people|Gandhari]]<ref>Warraich, M. T. A. GANDHARA: AN APPRAISAL OF ITS MEANINGS AND HISTORY.</ref> |
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#{{IAST|Guṅgu}}<ref>Grassmann, H. (Ed.). (1876). Rig-veda (Vol. 1). FA Brockhaus.</ref> |
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#[[Ikshvaku dynasty]]<ref>PINCOTT, F. ART. XIX.—The First Mandala of the Rig-Veda. By. Journal of the Boy. Asiat. Son, 16(Part II).</ref> |
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#Krivi<ref>Pike, A. (1992). Indo-Aryan Deities and Worship as Contained in the Rig-Veda. Kessinger Pub.</ref> |
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#{{IAST|Kīkaṭa}}<ref>Rig-Veda-Sanhitá: A collection of ancient Hindu hymns... Vol. 3. 1857.</ref> |
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#[[Kuru (kingdom)|Kuru]]<ref name="Frawley, D. 2001"/> |
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#Mahīna<ref>Perry, E. D. (1885). Indra in the Rig-Veda. Journal of the American Oriental Society, 11, 117-208.</ref> |
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# {{IAST|Malankhara}}<ref>Griffith, R. T. (2009). The Rig-Veda. The Rig Veda.</ref> |
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# Maujavant<ref>Witzel, M. (1999). Aryan and Non-Aryan names in Vedic India. Data for the linguistic situation, c. 1900–500 BC. Aryan and Non-Aryan in South Asia, Evidence, Interpretation and Ideology. Cambridge Mass.: Harvard University ([[Harvard Oriental Series]]: Opera Minora III).</ref> |
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# [[Matsya Rajya|Matsya]]<ref>Muller, F. M. (1869). Rig-veda-sanhita (Vol. 1).</ref> -'''Matsya Kingdom''' was one of the ''solasa'' (sixteen) [[Mahajanapadas]] (great kingdoms) during [[vedic era]] as described in the hindu epic [[Mahabharta]] and 6th BCE Buddhist text ''Anguttara Nikaya.'' |
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# {{IAST|Nahuṣa}}<ref>Griffith, R. T. (2009). The Rig-Veda. The Rig Veda.</ref> |
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# [[Pakta (tribe)|Paktha]].<ref>History of Buddhism in Afghanistan By Sī. Esa Upāsaka, Kendrīya-Tibbatī-Ucca-Śikṣā-Saṃsthānam Published by Central Institute of Higher Tibetan Studies, 1990 Original from the University of California Page 78</ref> |
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# [[Panis]] (Iranian [[Parni]]?) |
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# [[Pārāvata]] |
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# Parsu (Parśu) - The Parsus have been connected with the [[Persian people|Persians]]<ref name=MacdonellKeith>[[A. A. Macdonell]] and [[A. B. Keith]] (1912). ''Vedic Index of Names and Subjects''.</ref> This is based on the evidence of an [[Assyria]]n inscription from 844 BC referring to the Persians as ''Parshu'', and the [[Behistun Inscription]] of [[Darius I of Persia]] referring to ''[[Fārs Province|Parsa]]'' as the home of the Persians.<ref>Radhakumud Mookerji (1988). ''Chandragupta Maurya and His Times'' (p. 23). Motilal Banarsidass Publ. {{ISBN|81-208-0405-8}}.</ref> |
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# [[Puru (Vedic tribe)|Puru]] (Pūru) |
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# [[Ruśama]] |
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# [[Sarasvata|Sārasvata]] |
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# [[Srñjaya]] |
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# [[Tritsu]] The Tritsus are a sub-group of the [[Puru (Vedic tribe)|Puru]] who are distinct from the [[Bharata (tribe)|Bharatas]] mentioned in [[Mandala 7]] of the [[Rigveda]] (in hymns 18, 33 and 83). Under king [[Sudas]] they defeated the confederation of ten kings with the help of the Bharatas at the [[Battle of the Ten Kings]]. |
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# Turvasa (Turvaśa) |
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# [[Yadu]] |
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==See also== |
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* [[Indo-Aryan peoples]] |
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** [[Indo-Aryan migration]] |
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** [[Indo-Aryan superstrate in Mitanni]] |
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** [[Janapada]] |
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**[[Mahajanapada]] |
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* [[36 royal races]] |
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* [[Caste system in India]] |
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* [[Iranian peoples]] |
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==References== |
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[[Category:Indo-Aryan peoples]] |
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==External links== |
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*[https://penelope.uchicago.edu/Thayer/E/Roman/home.html] - Source texts of ancient Greek and Roman authors. |
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*[https://penelope.uchicago.edu/Thayer/E/Roman/Texts/Strabo/home.html] - Strabo's work ''The Geography'' ([[Geographica]]). Book 15, Chapter 1 (sections 1-25, 26-38, 39-73), are about India. |
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