Kambojas

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Indo-Iranian people ancient people

The Kambojas were an ancient Indo-Iranian people mentioned in Indian and Persian sources, known for their warrior traditions and presence in regions around present-day Afghanistan and northwestern South Asia.

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All labels observed (2)

Label Occurrences
Kamboja kingdom 1
Kambojas canonical 1

Statements (48)

Predicate Object
instanceOf Indo-Iranian people ⓘ
ancient people ⓘ
appearsAs Kamboja in Sanskrit texts ⓘ
Kambujiya-related forms in Old Persian context ⓘ
associatedWith Kambojas self-linksurface differs ⓘ
surface form: Kamboja kingdom

Kamboja–Gandhara region ⓘ
borderPosition between Iranian and Indo-Aryan cultural zones ⓘ
culturalInfluence both Iranian and Indian traditions ⓘ
describedAs warrior people ⓘ
ethnicType Indo-Aryan–Iranian border people ⓘ
Iranian-related tribe ⓘ
ethnoLinguisticOrigin Indo-Iranian ⓘ
geopoliticalRole frontier people between Indian and Iranian worlds ⓘ
historicalRegion Gandhara civilization ⓘ
surface form: Greater Gandhara

Hindu Kush ⓘ
surface form: Hindu Kush region

Pamir Mountains ⓘ
surface form: Pamirs region

areas of present-day Afghanistan ⓘ
areas of present-day Pakistan ⓘ
northwestern South Asia ⓘ
knownFor cavalry warfare ⓘ
horsemen ⓘ
warrior traditions ⓘ
languageFamily Indo-Iranian languages ⓘ
mentionedIn Achaemenid records ⓘ
Ashokan inscriptions ⓘ
Indian sources ⓘ
Mahabharata ⓘ
Persian sources ⓘ
Puranas ⓘ
Ramayana ⓘ
militaryRole allies and mercenaries in ancient Indian wars ⓘ
suppliers of cavalry to Indian kingdoms ⓘ
neighboringPeoples Bactrians ⓘ
Gandhara civilization ⓘ
surface form: Gandharas

Scythians ⓘ
surface form: Sakas

Yavanas ⓘ
notedFor horse-breeding ⓘ
martial culture ⓘ
partOf ancient northwestern frontier of the Indian subcontinent ⓘ
politicalOrganization clan-based society ⓘ
tribal polity ⓘ
possibleLanguage Indo-Aryan dialect ⓘ
Iranian language ⓘ
religion Iranian religious influences ⓘ
early Vedic-related beliefs ⓘ
timePeriod 1st millennium BCE ⓘ
epic and early classical India ⓘ
late Vedic period ⓘ

Referenced by (2)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Iranian peoples → hasPart → Kambojas ⓘ
Kambojas → associatedWith → Kambojas self-linksurface differs ⓘ
this entity surface form: Kamboja kingdom