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  Migration of Kambojas - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
The culture of Kambojas was modified as a result of their contacts, first with the Yavanas and later, it went further modification as a result of their contacts with the Sakas and Pahlavas etc (Dr D. Sircar, Dr J. Kamboj).
The Kambojas in/around west, south-west India are also attested from inscriptions of king Sahasiva Raya of Sangama Dynasty (1336-1478), kings Harihara and Deva Raya of Narasinga Dynasty (1496-1567), and from the references of king Vishnuvardhana of Hoiyasala Dynasty/Mysore (of 12th c CE).
King Kambu (Sanskrit Kamboj), the legendary patriarch of Kambuja (Kamboja) ruling family of Cambodia was, to all probability, a warrior/scholar Kamboja chieftain from Sinhala or else from Gujarat.
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 Kambojas - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Kambojas are a very ancient people of north-western parts of ancient India and Afghanistan, frequently mentioned in ancient texts, although not in the Rig Veda.
The Kambojas still live as Kamboj and Kamboh in the greater Panjab, and as Kams/Kamoz and Katirs/Kamtoz of the Siyaposh tribe in the Nuristan province of Afghanistan.
There were Kamboja steeds in the cavalry of Pandya king Valabhadeva who is referred to as the proud possessor/rider of the Kamboja horses and elephants.
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 Various Encyclopedias on the Kambojas - Kamboj Society
Strategies for propagating Kamboja culture and redressing this imbalance are discussed, with pan-Scythianism and pan-Iranism identified as the main movements with which Kambojas must align in future.
The enforced Brahmanization of Kambojas, and their consequent degradation to the status of sub-humans, occurred at a much later period in Kamboja history, during the Puranic Dark Ages under the tyrannical Gupta dynasty.
The crucial role played by the Kambojas and their Licchavi relatives in the foundation of Tibetan civilization are only one aspect of Kamboja history which is not contained in the standard encyclopedias.
www.kambojsociety.com /KambojEncyclopedias.asp   (3017 words)

  
 Kambojas - Encyklopedia   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-05)
Kambojas are a very ancient people of north-western parts of ancient Pakistan and India, frequently mentioned in ancient texts, although not in the Rig Veda.
The Manusmriti attests that the Kambojas, Sakas, Yavanas etc were originally "noble Kshatriyas", but were gradually degraded to the status of Sudras, on account of their neglect of sacred rites and non-entertainment of the Brahmanas in their countries (X/43-44).
The sword as the "symbol of Kshatriya-hood" was wrested by the warrior king Kamboja from the Kosala king Kuvalashava alias Dhundhumara, from whom it went to another warrior king called Muchukunda (MBH 12/166/77-78).
en.science24.org /w,Kambojas   (3731 words)

  
 Ashvakas -   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-05)
General Sudakshina of the Kambojas was invited by Duryodhana, the Kuru king of Hastinapura to help him in the Mahabharata war against the the Pandavas.
As a result sections of Kambojas, Pahlavas, Rishikas etc had also settled into south-west and southern India as is attested by numerous Sanskrit literature of the post-Christian period [4].
In fact, there is stated to have been a separate regiment of the Kambojas in the army of the Pratiharas which was given the responsibility to defend the northern-eastern parts of their empire adjoining with the Palas of Bengal.
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 Kambojas: Encyclopedia topic   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-05)
Kamboja was a center of ancient Iranian civilization (civilization: A society in an advanced state of social development (e.g., with complex legal and political and religious organizations)) as evidenced by the peculiar customs of the country (Dr V. Aggarwal).
Sudakshina of Kamboja had participated in the swayamvara of princess Draupadi (Draupadi: in the hindu epic mahabharata, draupadi is the daughter of king drupada....
Kamboja princes are noted as tall (pramshu.n 8/56/113), exceedingly handsome (sudarshanya, 7/92/74, priyadarshanam, 8/56/113), of gaura varna, with faces illustrious like full moon (purnachandrabhavaktra.n, 8/56/113), lotus eyed (kamalapatraksamatyartham 8/56/113), handsome like the lord-moon among the stars (taaraa.adhipa.upamah, MBH 1/67/31).
www.absoluteastronomy.com /reference/kambojas   (10096 words)

  
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One tribal section of Shiaposh Kafir Kambojas of the Hindukush does call itself as Kamoz, but that is only a dialectical variation confined to a restricted and isolated region only.
Ancient Kamboja country was mostly a hilly and cold land comprising Hindukush mountain range, Badakshan and parts of Tajikstan and Uzbekstan land north of Oxus river where fine varieties of grapes, pistachio, walnuts, almonds, kesera etc were abundantly grown and are still grown and which formed an important constituent of Kamboja People's diet.
Furthermore, the Kamboja people were epicurean and aristocratic class of people, besides being excellent warriors and Vedic scholars (Kritvidyashach) during Yaskian and Epic periods.
www.thekamboh.com /pages/history/history_4.htm   (603 words)

  
 ::: CLUB LK ::: >> Forums >> General Discussion Area >> Ancient Kambojas in Saurashtra/Gujarat & Sri Lanka   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-05)
The Kambojas were shaven-headed (wearing short hair like Yavana and Saka people, by comparison to rest of the Indian people) by customs: Thus they had SOCIAL CUSTOMS exactly similar to those of the ancestors of the Sinhalese as described by traditions (legendary Vijay and party).
Thus the ‘governing constitution’ of the Kambojas and that of the ancestors of the Sinhalese was identical.
Kamboja country had a geographical place name ‘Sinhpura’ located very contiguous to its boundaries some where, as is evidenced by MBH, 2/27/20.
www.clublk.us /postt1801.html   (1415 words)

  
 Kamboj History - Kamboj Society   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-05)
The Kamboja army is described as invincible in the battle (kambojasainyan vidravya durjayam yudhi bharata: MBH, 7/23/16).
Kamboja rule in noerth-west Bengal is attested from Dinajpore Pillar Inscription (Indian Antiquary, Vol I, 1872, pp 127ff, 195ff, 227ff) as well as Irda Tamrapatra found in Irda, District Balasor, Orissa in 1931 and edited by Dr N. Majumdar in 1934 (Epigraphia Indica, Vol XXII, 1933-34, pp 150-59).
Kamboja princes are noted as tall (pramshu.n 8/56/113), exceedingly handsome (sudarshanya, 7/92/74, priyadarshanam, 8/56/113), of gaura varna, with faces illustrious like full moon (purnachandrabhavaktra.n, 8/56/113), lotus eyed (kamalapatraksamatyartham 8/56/113), handsome like the lord-moon among the stars (taradhipopamah MBH 1/67/31).
www.kambojsociety.com /history.asp   (5428 words)

  
 Kambojas - QuickSeek Encyclopedia   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-05)
Kambojas are a very ancient people of north-western parts of ancient India, frequently mentioned in ancient texts, although not in the Rig Veda.
Geographically, this area sat along, and was named for, the main trade route from the mouth the Ganges to Balkh, now a small town in Northen Afghanistan.
Linguistic evidence, combined with this literary and inscriptional evidence, has led many noted scholars to conclude that ancient Kambojas originally belonged to the Galcha-speaking area of Central Asia.
kambojas.quickseek.com   (3399 words)

  
 Saka   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-05)
The Vartika of the Katyayana informs us that the kings of the Shakas and the Yavanas, like those of the Kambojas, may also be addressed by their respective tribal names.
In another verse, the same epic groups the Shakas and Kambojas and Khashas and addresses them as the tribes from Udichya i.e north division (5/169/20).
This Himalayan alliance gave Chandragupta a powerful composite army made up of the frontier martial tribes of the Shakas, Kambojas, Yavanas, Parasikas, Bahlikas etc which he utilised to defeat the Greek successors of Alexander the Great and the Nanda rulers of Magadha, and thus establishing his Mauryan Empire in northern India (See: Mudrarakshas, II).
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 Asia Finest Discussion Forum > are khmers descendant of or at least mixed
Dec 10 2004, 08:56 PM We, the Indian Kambojas, collectively and individually value our ancient historical, cultural and ethnic connections with our Khmer Cambodian brethren, the proud sucessors of one of the most wonderous civilazions of yester years.
In this critical struggle, we assure our Khmer brethren that we all Indians Kambojas and in fact all Indians stand solidly behind them and pledge our full moral support to them in their struggle against the forces/powers, whatever they be, which are at work to wipe out their proude, distinct ancient Indian/Kamboja identity.
Dec 13 2004, 10:56 PM they are aryans in descent from northern india who built the kingdom of Kamboja in the 10th or 11th century in the region of bengal.
www.asiafinest.com /forum/lofiversion/index.php/t24691.html   (2953 words)

  
 Punjabi.net discussions chat forums
Kambojas’ presence in ancient Sri Lanka is documentarily recognized from several epigraphic inscriptions found in Sri Lanka They are shown existing as a pre-eminent and predominant class of social and political tribe in ancient Sinhala, around 2nd c BC.
The Kamboja rule in north west Bengal is also testified to by an inscribed pillar found in Dinajpore District, which mentions a lord of Gauda belonging to a Kamboja family.(JASB VII 619).
The Kamboja rule in Bengal was terminated by Mahapala I, the 9th king of Pala line, who is known to have been reigning in AD 1026 and may be assumed to have regained his ancestral throne from Kambojas at about 980 AD.
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 Kamboja - Wiktionary
This Kamboja had won the prized Khadaga (Divine Sword) from Kuvalashava, the celebrated king of Kosala (MBH 12/166/77).
It is probable that Kamboja of Shantiparva (Mahabharata) was some very earlier Kambujiya or Kamboujiya of Persian traditions.
Supari or Punnag (Rottleria tinctoria) native to Kamboja.
en.wiktionary.org /wiki/Camboja   (253 words)

  
 Kristie's Migration Of Kambojas Web Page   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-05)
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 Saka Did You Mean saka   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-05)
The Manusm?ti, writtem about 200 CE, groups the Shakas with the Yavanas, Kambojas, Paradas, Pahlavas, Kiratas and the Daradas etcw/., and addresses them all as "degraded warriors or K?atriyas" (X/43-44).
The Vartika of the Katayana informs us that the kings of the Shakas and the Yavanas, like those of the Kambojas, may also be addressed by their respective tribal names.
In another verse, the epic groups the Shakas and Kambojas and Khashas and addresses them as the tribes from Udichya i.e north division (5/169/20).
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 Kambojas - Kambojas   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-05)
Die überwiegende Zahl der Inschriften Kambojas enthält Datumsangaben, von denen viele nur das Jahr in einer Ära...
In the meantime, the red Kambojas, cut and defoliated in Hawaii, have started growing leaves slowly.
I beginning to think that the Kamboja trees are actually remarkably vigorous.
brianon.bloggerus.com /Mauryan_Empire/Kambojas   (269 words)

  
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There are numerous references to Kambojas having entered India as frequent invaders as well as merceneray recruits before 2nd c BC.
Also in mass migration after 2nd c AD when the Kambojas, Sakas and Pahlavas etc hand entered India in massive numbers from central Asia/Afganistan pushed out by the great Yuchihs***.
The Kambojas Dr P. Bagchi talks about are those Kambojas which have figured as following the Vedic Aryan culture in Epic times.
www.thekamboh.com /pages/history/history_7.html   (483 words)

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