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| | Young Uttaranchal - Most Comprehensive Encyclopedia : history (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-09) |
 | | Specific mention of the mountains exists in the Mahabharata, dated to about 1000 BC, when the protagonists of the epic, the Pandavas, are said to have ended their life on earth by ascending the slopes of a peak in western Garhwal called Swargarohini - literally, the 'Ascent to Heaven'. |
 | | The epic also mentions this region as the home of the Kirata, Pulinda and Tangara tribes. |
 | | Succeeding the Macedonian march across the Himalayan foothills, an imperialist tradition was instituted around 330.AD, by the Gupta's.This was followed by the Vardhanas in the fifth century AD. |
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