- King Srindra Varmana Kamboj
Skanda Purana refers to a king of the kingdom ofKamboja whom it calls Srindra Varmana [Skanda Purana, I.ii.33; & I.iiu.2.17; Studies in Skanda Purana, 1978, p 59, A. B. L. Awasthi.] . Srindra Varmana is said to have installed the image of "Varahadeva" in his capital and made a gold throne for it [Op cit., p 1, A. B. L. Awasthi.] .The kingdom of Kamboja of the Skanda Purana is said to have encompassed about ten "
lakh " (=onemillion ) villages and towns [Studies in Skanda Purana, 1978, p 59, A. B. L. Awasthi; History of Punjab, Vol I, 1996, (editors) Dr L. M. Joshi, Dr Fauja Singh, Publication Bureau, Punjabi University Patiala; Cosmo. Geography, pp 100-101,D. C. Sircar ; Geography of Ancient and Medieval India, 1971, p. 261; History of Mediaeval Hindu India, 1979, p 42, Chintaman Vinayak Vaidya; These Kamboja People, 1979, p 60, Kirpal Singh.] . This big number undoubtedly is aPuranic exaggeration, but, at least, it irrefragably establishes that ancient Kamboja country was indeed a considerable kingdom [According to Dr D. C. Sircar, Kamboja, as referred to in thePuranas andTantric traditions, may be supposed to have encompassed a wide area extending from the Pancala ("Pir-Panchal range in southernKashmir ") in the east to as farMlechcha country in the west. Here the Mlechcha country is same as the Maha-Mlechcha and indicatesMuslim countries on the north-western borders ofMedieval India (Geography of Ancient and Medieval India, 1971, p 261, Dr D. C. Sircar)] [Many scholasr including B. M. Barua, Dr Sudhakar Chattopadhyaya etc say that the Kamboja Mahajanapada extended from theRajauri andPoonch District s ofKashmir to the easternAfghanistan including Kaffirstan and in the north up toBadakhshan , beyond theHindukush (See: Bimbisara to Ashoka: With an Appendix on the Later Mauryas, 1977, p 16, Sudhakar Chattopadhyaya; Asoka and His Inscriptions, Pt. I, pp 99, 100, B. M. Barua; cf: The North-west India of the Second Century B.C.1974, p 39, Dr Mehta Vasishtha Dev Mohan).] .References
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Kambojas
*Chandravarma Kamboja
*Kamatha Kamboja
*Sudakshina Kamboja
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