The Druhyu were a people of Ancient India. India, officially the Republic of India (भारत गणराज्य inc-Latn Bhārat Gaṇarājya; see also other Indian languages) is a country They are already mentioned in the Rigveda. [1], often together with the Anu tribe. In Sumerian mythology and later for Assyrians and Babylonians Anu (also An; (from Sumerian *An = sky heaven was a sky-god Some early scholars have placed them in the northwestern region. <ref. Macdonell-Keith, Vedic Index 1912, vol. I p. 395 </ref>
The Epic and the Puranas say that they are located in the "north" (that is, Gandhara), and are settled in Gandhara, Aratta and Setu. (Vishnu Purana IV. 17) The Druhyus were driven out of the land of the seven rivers by Mandhatr and their next king Gandhara settled in a north-western region which became known as Gandhāra. Gandhāra ( Sanskrit: गन्धार Urdu: گندھارا Gandḥārā; also known as Waihind in Persian is the name of an ancient The sons of the later Druhyu king Pracetas too settle in the "northern" (udīcya) region (Bhagavata 9. 23. 15-16; Visnu 4. 17. 5; Vayu 99. 11-12; Brahmanda 3. 74. 11-12 and Matsya 48. 9. ) Some have assumed that they could be related to Zoroastrian, Iranian, Greek or European peoples, while there is no trace of the tribal name west of India.
Notes
- ^ e. g. RV 1. 108. 8; 7. 18; 8. 10. 5; 6. 46. 8
References
- Rig Veda
- Vishnu Purana
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