page_title: List of ancient Indo-Aryan peoples and tribes
section_title: Late Janapadas (peoples / tribes) (c. 1100-500 BCE)
hierarchical_section_title: List of ancient Indo-Aryan peoples and tribes / Janapadas / Late Janapadas (peoples / tribes) (c. 1100-500 BCE)
context_page_description: This is a list of ancient Indo-Aryan peoples and tribes that are mentioned in old sources of Hindu, Buddhist, and Jain traditions. In these old sources, there are also Non-Indo-Aryan peoples that are mentioned but are not included in this list because of that.
  From an undetermined time in the Second or First Millennium BCE ancient Indo-Aryan peoples and tribes turned into most of the population in the northern part of the Indian Subcontinent - Indus Valley, Western India, Northern India, Central India, and also in areas of the southern part like Sri Lanka and the Maldives through and after a complex process of migration, assimilation of other peoples and language shift.
context_section_description: From roughly 1100 to 500 BCE Indo-Aryan peoples and tribes expanded even further throughout ancient northern India (see the map on the right side).
  Abhīṣaha (Abhishaha) / Apanga (Vayu) / Aupadha (Markandeya) / Alasa (Vamana) – (Udichya Āryāvarta - Northern Āryāvarta)
  Āhuka / Kuhaka (Markandeya) / Kuhuka (Vamana) - (Udichya Āryāvarta - Northern Āryāvarta)
  Alimadra / Anibhadra (Markandeya) / Alibhadra (Vamana) - (Udichya Āryāvarta - Northern Āryāvarta)
  Aṅga – (Madhya-desha and Prachya Āryāvarta – Central and Eastern Āryāvarta in Vamana)
  Āntaranarmada / Uttaranarmada (Markandeya), Sunarmada (Vamana) – (Aparanta Āryāvarta - Western Āryāvarta)
  Antargiri - (Prachya Āryāvarta - Eastern Āryāvarta)
  Anūpa / Arūpa (Matsya), Annaja (Vayu) – (Vindhya-prashtha Āryāvarta - Vindhyan Āryāvarta)
  Aparānta / Purandhra (Matsya), Aparīta (Vayu) - (Udichya Āryāvarta - Northern Āryāvarta)
  Arthapa / Atharva (Markandeya) – (Madhya-desha Āryāvarta - Central Āryāvarta)
  Aśvakūṭa - (Madhya-desha Āryāvarta - Central Āryāvarta)
  Ātreya / Atri (Matsya, Brahmanda) - (Udichya Āryāvarta - Northern Āryāvarta)
  Audumbara / Audambara / Audumvara – (Udichya Āryāvarta - Northern Āryāvarta)
  Auṇḍra – (Vindhya-prashtha Āryāvarta - Vindhyan Āryāvarta)
  Bahirgiri - (Prachya Āryāvarta - Eastern Āryāvarta)
  Bhadra – (Prachya and Madhya-desha Āryāvarta - Eastern and Central Āryāvarta)
  Bhadrakāra – (Madhya-desha Āryāvarta - Central Āryāvarta)
  Bharadvāja – (Udichya Āryāvarta - Northern Āryāvarta)
  Bhārgava – (Prachya Āryāvarta - Eastern Āryāvarta)
  Bharukaccha / Bhanukaccha (Vayu), Bhīrukahcha (Markandeya), Dārukachchha (Vamana), Sahakaccha (Brahmanda) - (Aparanta Āryāvarta - Western Āryāvarta)
  Bhogavardhana / Bhokardan (Dakshinapatha Āryāvarta - Southern Āryāvarta)
  Bhūṣika (Bhushika) – (Udichya Āryāvarta - Northern Āryāvarta)
  Bodha / Bāhya (Matsya) – (Madhya-desha Āryāvarta - Central Āryāvarta)
  Brahmottara / Suhmottara (Matsya), Samantara (Brahmanda) – (Prachya Āryāvarta - Eastern Āryāvarta)
  Carmakhaṇḍika (Charmakhandika) / Attakhaṇḍika (Matsya), Sakheṭaka (Vamana) – (Udichya Āryāvarta - Northern Āryāvarta)
  Darada – (Udichya Āryāvarta - Northern Āryāvarta)
  Darva – (Himalayan and Northern in Vayu and Markandeya, Parvata-shrayin and Udichya Āryāvarta - Himalayan Āryāvarta)
  Daśeraka (Dasheraka) / Karseruka (Vayu), Kuśeruka (Markandeya) – (Udichya Āryāvarta - Northern Āryāvarta)
  Daśamālika (Dashamalika) / Daśanāmaka (Matsya), Daśamānika (Vayu), Daṅśana (Vamana) – (Udichya Āryāvarta - Northern Āryāvarta)
  Daśarṇa (Dasharna) (Vindhya-prashtha Āryāvarta - Vindhyan Āryāvarta)
  Druhyu / Hrada (Vayu), Bhadra (Brahmanda) - (Udichya Āryāvarta - Northern Āryāvarta)
  Durga / Durgala (Brahmanda) – (Aparanta Āryāvarta - Western Āryāvarta)
  Ganaka - (Udichya Āryāvarta - Northern Āryāvarta)
  Gāndhāra - (Udichya Āryāvarta - Northern Āryāvarta)
  Gonarda / Govinda (Vayu), Gomanta (Markandeya), Mananda (Vamana) - (Prachya Āryāvarta - Eastern Āryāvarta)
  Haṃsamārga / Sarvaga (Himalayan) in Matsya; Haṃsamārga (Northern and Himalayan) in Vayu and Markandeya; Karnamārga (Northern) and Haṃsamārga (Himalayan) in Vamana; Haṃsamārga (Himalayan) Haṃsabhaṅga (Northern) in Brahmanda – (Udichya Āryāvarta - Northern Āryāvarta; Parvata-shrayin Āryāvarta - Himalayan Āryāvarta)
  Hāramuṣika (Haramushika) / Hāramūrtika (Matsya), Hārapūrika (Vayu), Sāmuṣaka (Vamana) - (Udichya Āryāvarta - Northern Āryāvarta)
  Huhuka / Samudgaka (Matsya), Sahūdaka (Vayu), Sakṛtraka (Markandeya), Śahuhūka (Vamana), Sahuhūka (Brahmanda) – (Parvata-shrayin Āryāvarta - Himalayan Āryāvarta)
  Ijika (Udichya Āryāvarta - Northern Āryāvarta)
  Jaguda / Jāṇgala (Matsya), Juhuḍa (Vayu), Jāguḍa (Markandeya) - (Udichya Āryāvarta - Northern Āryāvarta)
  Jāṇgala – (Madhya-desha Āryāvarta - Central Āryāvarta)
  Jñeyamarthaka / Jñeyamallaka (Markandeya), Aṅgiyamarṣaka (Vamana), Gopapārthiva (Brahmanda) – (Aparanta Āryāvarta - Western Āryāvarta)
  Kachchhika / Kāchchhīka (Matsya), Kacchīya (Vayu), Kāśmīra (Markandeya), Kacchipa (Brahmanda) – (Aparanta Āryāvarta - Western Āryāvarta)
  Kālatoyaka - (Udichya Āryāvarta - Northern Āryāvarta)
  Kaliṅga (central) / Arkalinga (Mar
caption: Late Vedic era map showing the boundaries of Āryāvarta with Janapadas in northern India. Beginning of Iron Age kingdoms in India— Kuru, Panchala, Kosala, Videha.
exif: {}