Mlecchas in Early India: A Study in Attitudes Towards Outsiders Upto AD 600

Ancient India Andhra areas Arthaśāstra ārya Aryan aryas Aryavarta Aśoka Asuras attitudes barbarian Bharatavarṣa brāhmaṇas Brahmāṇḍa brahmanical brahmanical society Buddhist called mleccha caste century BC chapter considered context cultural Dāsas Dasyus described dharma Dharmasūtras discussed Dravidian dynasties early Indian etymology fifth century foreign forest Gandhāra Hūņas Ibid identified important Indo-Aryan Indo-European inhabited Inscr inscriptions Jaina jāti Jayaswal Kali Age Kautilya kings Kirātas kṣatriyas Kuṣāṇa language later linguistic listed Magadha Mahabharata Mahābhāṣya Manu Matsya Mauryan meaning mentioned milakkha mleccha mleccha country mleccha groups mleccha speech Mlecchadeśa Monier-Williams names Niṣādas non-Aryan origin Pahlavas Pāli Pāṇini Pargiter passage Patañjali period political Prakrit Pulindas Pundras Purāṇa Puranas R.S. Sharma reference region Ṛgveda rulers Sabara and Pulinda Sakas Samhita Sanskrit Satapatha Brāhmaṇa scholars Sircar Smṛti social subcontinent śūdras Sūtra term mleccha tradition tribal tribes varṇas varṇāśramadharma Vayu Veda Vedic Vindhya Viṣṇu western India word mleccha writers Yavanas Yona