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Pakthas or Pakhtas was an ancient Vedic Indo-Aryan tribe[1] living in the northern borderlands of South Asia.[2][3] They are sometimes identified with the Pactyans of Herodotus.[4][5]
It is theorised that they are the ancestors of modern Pashtuns, based on the phonetical similarity between the words Pakhta and Pakhtun (alternate for Pashtuns).[2]
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[edit]References
[edit]- ↑ Prasad, R. U. S. (2020). The Rig-Vedic and Post-Rig-Vedic Polity (1500 BCE–500 BCE). Vernon Press. p. 67. ISBN 978-1-64889-001-7.
- 1 2 Pradhan, Shrinivas Vasudeo (2014). 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.
- ↑ Kakar, Hasan Kawun (2014). Government and Society in Afghanistan: The Reign of Amir 'Abd al-Rahman Khan. University of Texas Press. p. 12. ISBN 978-0-292-76777-5.
- ↑ Sonawani, Sanjay (2015). Origins of the Vedic Religion: And Indus-Ghaggar Civilisation. Booktango. p. 146. ISBN 978-1-4689-5713-6.
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