 mleccha (from vedic sanskrit à¤®à¥à¤²à¥à¤à¥à¤ , meaning "non-vedic" or "non-aryan","mlechha" in encyclopedia indica. retrieved 12 march 2007: "mlechha mlechhas are foreigners, barbarians, people not of aryan race."derryl n. maclean. religion and society in arab sind. brill, 1989. page 28. "barbarian", "foreigners"), also spelt mlechchha or mlechha, referred to people of foreign extraction in ancient india. mleccha was used by the ancient indians much as the ancient greeks used barbaros, originally to indicate the uncouth and incomprehensible speech of foreigners and then extended to their unfamiliar behaviour.students' britannica india, volumes 1-5 by encyclopaedia britannica (india)http://books.google.co.in/books?id=isfbjaryx7yc&pg=pa8&dq=mleccha&hl=en&ei=el-styhkmckdczpjtykh&sa=x&oi=book_result&ct=result&resnum=1&ved=0cckq6aewaa#v=onepage&q=mleccha&f=false in ancient india, this term was also applied by the ancient indian kingdoms to foreigners. the word mleccha was commonly used for 'outer barbarians of whatever race or colour'.basham, a. l. (1954) the wonder that was india, pages 145-146, sidgwick and jackson, london.http://www.dictionary.reference.com/browse/mleccha the indians referred to all alien cultures that were less civilized in ancient times as 'mlechcha'mudrarakshasha by kashinath trimbak telang introduction p12  or barbarians. among the tribes termed mlechcha were sakas, huns, yavanas, kambojas, pahlavas, bahlikas and rishikas.national geographer, 1977, p 60, allahabad geographical society - history. the amara-kosa described the kiratas and pulindas as the mleccha-jatis. indo-greeks, scythians,http://books.google.co.in/books? , sinhalas ,id=yltjaaaamaaj&q=gurjara+were+mleccha&dq=gurjara+were+mleccha&hl=en&ei=g9istcjhls7zczkgqikh&sa=x&oi=book_result&ct=result&resnum=5&ved=0cd0q6aewba and kushanaslanguage multiplicity and ancient races in india were also mlecchas.http://books.google.co.in/books?id=fk3vturwsd0c&pg=pa158&dq=mleccha&hl=en&ei=el-styhkmckdczpjtykh&sa=x&oi=book_result&ct=result&resnum=5&ved=0cdsq6aewba#v=onepage&q=gurjara&f=falsehttp://bo
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