Posts by Deepak Kamboj

King Norodom Sihanouk and Indian Kambojas

• Jan 16th, 2009
• Deepak Kamboj

King-Father Norodom Sihanouk (born October 31, 1922), King of Cambodia until his abdication on October 7, 2004, is now "King-Father (Khmer: Preahm

Cambodia (Kambodia)

• Jan 16th, 2009
• Deepak Kamboj

Official name (from 1993) Kingdom of Cambodia, Khmer Preah Reach Ana Pak Kampuchea. Formerly Kampuchea (1975–89) and Khmer Republic (1970–5) Local name Cambodia Timezone GMT +7 Area 181 035 km

Kambojas v/s Kambodia

• Mar 8th, 2019
• Deepak Kamboj

Cambodia or Kambodia is the English transliteration of the French name Kambodge, which name stands for Sanskrit Kamboja (Persian Kambujiya or Kambaujiya). In Chinese historical accounts, the land was known as Chenla. The ancient inscriptions of Cambodia always refer to this name as Kambuja or Kamvuja rather than the standard...

Epic Kamboja, Iranian Kambujiya

• Jan 15th, 2009
• Deepak Kamboj

Ikshvaku king Kuvalashava was nicknamed Dhundumara since he is said to have killed in battle one powerful Asura/Daitya called Dhundhu. Interestingly, the Mahabharata points towards the desert region in the west (from Kosala) as the geographical place where Asura Dhundhu lived (MBH III.203, Markendeya Samasyaparva, Kisari...

Brahmanism of Ancient Kambojas

• Jan 23rd, 2019
• Deepak Kamboj

The Kambojas are a very ancient people of north-western parts of Indian sub-continent (Central Asia). They find frequent mention in the ancient Indian texts, although not in the Rig Veda. They spoke a language in the Indo-Iranian branch of the Indo-European family of languages. Not only did they earn a...

List of Kamboj candidates participating in Punjab Assembly Elections 2007

• Jan 25th, 2007
• Deepak Kamboj

Kambojas in Indian Literature

• Jan 12th, 2009
• Deepak Kamboj

Panini (Ashtadhyayi 4.1.168-175) notes Kamboja as one of the fifteen prominent Kshatriya Janapadas in north-west. He also gives a rule for the derivative to denote the king of Kambojas. He attests that the word Kamboja denotes not only the Kamboja Kshatriya clan or the Kamboja country but also the ruler of the Kambojas...

Language and Ethnicity of Kambojas

• Jan 12th, 2009
• Deepak Kamboj

Kamboja was the ancient name of a country and the tribe settled therein. Buddhist Jatakas, Yaska's Nirukata, Herodotus (Book I.140), Avestan|Avestic texts and numerous Brahmanical literature indicate that Kamboja was the center of Iranian peoples|Iranian civilization. This is evident from the Zoroastrian|Mazdean religious...

Migration of Kambojas

• Jan 15th, 2009
• Deepak Kamboj

References to Kambojas abound in ancient literature, and this may have been just the expansion of an Indo-Iranians|Indo-Iranian tribe with both Persians|Persian and Indic affinities from their homeland in the Afghanistan-Turkistan region along the foothills of the Himalayas towards Bengal, along the coast to Gujarat, to...

Location of Kambojas

• Jan 15th, 2009
• Deepak Kamboj

Kamboja was the name of an ancient country and the Indo-Iranian warrior tribe settled therein. The country is listed as one of the sixteen Mahajanapadas or great nations in ancient Buddhist texts. The Kambojas are attested to have both Indian as well as Iranian affinities. There is no unanimosity on the location of Kamboja...