Turvashas

Turvashas

The Turvasha people are a people mentioned in the Rig Veda and later texts. They lived southeast of the Sarasvati region.

References

*Rig Veda
*Vishnu Purana
*Frawley David: The Rig Veda and the History of India, 2001.(Aditya Prakashan), ISBN 81-7742-039-9


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