was the ancient name of a country, and the Indo-Iranian warrior Tribe , the Kambojas , settled therein. The country is listed as one of the sixteen Mahajanapadas or great nations in ancient Buddhist texts, and was located in the Uttarapatha in extreme north-west of the India n Sub-continent , contiguous to the kingdom of Gandhara . It initially included the Pamir s, Badakshan , and territories as far as the Zeravshan valley in the Doab of Oxus / Jaxartes . It approximated what is known today as the ''Galcha'' speaking region of Central Asia .
Later, some sections of the trans- Hindu Kush Kambojas moved to southern side of the Hindukush and planted Colonies in Kunar / Swat and as far as Rajauri in Kashmir . The Kambojas are attested to have had India n as well as Iran ian affinities (Macdonnel, Keith, W. K. Fraser, M. C. Gillet, etc).
# The '' Prince '' of the Kamboja Nation or Tribe ( Panini , IV.1.168-175).
# A ''descendant'' of the Kamboja Kshatriya s (Panini, IV.1.168-175).
# A ''horse'' raised and bred in ancient Kamboja (also ''Kambojaka'', Kamboji) (See: ''Halayudh Kosha'').
# An ''elephant'' native to, or coming from, Kamboja (also ''Kambu'') (See: ''Nanaratha.manjari''-421).
# ''Silver'' or ''gold'' native to, or coming from Kamboja (also ''Kambu'').
# Name of a ''conch'' or ''shell'' native to Kamboja (also ''Kambu'').
# Name of ''Supari'' or ''Punnag'' (''Rottleria tinctoria'') native to or coming from Kamboja (See: ''Shabd.rattan.samanyavakosha'').
# Name of ''Somavalak'' or ''Karanj'' native to or coming from Kamboja (See: ''Shabd.rattan.samanyavakosha'').
# Name of Ayurvedic herbal medicine ''Mashaparni'' and ''Hingparni'', imported from Kamboja (''also called Kamboji'') (See: ''Shabd.rattan.samanyavakosha'').
# Name of an ancient ''Raaga/Raagini'' (musical mode) originated in Kamboja country (also called ''Kamboji, Kambhoji'' & ''Kambodi''). Majestic Kamboji
# A gold or silver ''bracelet'', or bracelet in general (also ''Kambu'').
# Name of a ''mountain'' located in ancient Kamboja ( Afghanistan ), famous for its ''Kambu'' or ''Kambuka'' silver (''Kautiliya Arthashastra'', 02.13.10). Silver mines of ''Anderab'', ''Wakhan'' and other locations in Badakshan were noted during Arab ic rule (Geographical and Economical Studies in the Mahabharata , Upayana Parava, Journal of U.P. Historical Research Society, Vol XVI, Part II, p 46, Dr. Moti Chandra). Therefore, Kambu appears to be the name of a range of the Hindukush mountains in south-east Badakshan.
# Kamboji: the language of the ancient Kambojas.
- (In the Ramayana , Mahabharata and Vedic literature etc., hence '''Kaamboj''').
- (Southern India n texts, as in Kautiliya 's '' Arthashastra '', hence '''Kambhoj''').
- (In Southern Indian versions of ancient Sanskrit texts, hence '''Kaambhoj''').
- (Same as ''Kambhoja''; name of an ancient town in Maharashtra ; also, the name of an ancient Kamboja sage referenced in some recensions of the '' Ramayana '').
- (Common variant spellings).
- (as in ''dakshinatah '''Kambujaa'''.naam Vasisthaa.naam'': See ''Paraskara Grhya-Sutram'' (2.1.23)).
- (one from ''Kambuja'', like a ''Kamboj'' is from Kamboja).
- (a variant of ''Kamboja''; See ''Triya Chritra 217/verse 14'' of ''Chritropakhyana'' of Dasam Granth; Hence '''Kaanboj'''). See also pages 21-23 of {Link without Title} .
- (variant of ''Kamboj'').
- (as in a coin: ''Kharal-putras Raspag'': See ''Bharat ke Prachin Mudrank'', by Swami Om Nand ji Sarasvati, 1973, Rohtak. Apparently ''Kanbuj'' is a variant of ''Kambuj/Kambuja'', since ''m'' easily becomes ''n'' in Indo-Aryan languages, e.g ''Kambujiya'' = 'Kanbujiya'').
- (See ''Triya Chritra 217/verse 14'' of the ''Charitropakhyana'' of ''Dasam Granth Sahib''. Dasam Granth attests the term ''Kabuj'' as well as ''Kaanboj'').
- (Variant spellings of Kambuja).
- (As in the name of the ''Kamboza-thadi'' Palace of Bayintnaung, Myanmar ).
- , (as in '''Kamodza-radza''' referenced in the tenth century Sanskrit-Tibetan Formulary J. Hacklin, Formulair sanskrit-tibetain du xe siecle, 59, 1.16; See also Ancient Kamboja in Iran and Islam, p 66, Dr H. W. Bailey )
- , '''Caumoje''', '''Camoje''' (Pushtu names for a clan of the Siah-Posh Kafir s of the Hindukush).
- (Another Pushtu name for a Katir clan of the Siah-Posh Kafirs of the Hindukush. Said to be a variant of ''Kamboz'').
- (As in the name of an Asura clan, in conflict with Vedic Aryan s, as referenced in (''Markendeya Purana'' (8.1-6), ''Devi Mahatam'' (5.28.1-12)).
- (See ''Luders' Inscriptions'' No 176, 472. It references a Kamboja Buddhist Bhikshu from Nandinagar of ancient Kamboja).
- or '''Kabojhiya''' or '''Kabhojika''' (In ancient Sinhalese cave inscriptions).
- or '''Khaamboja''' ((Sometimes) Southern Indian spellings of ''Kamboja'').
- (from Khamboja).
- , '''Kambhoda''' (alternative name for Kamboja or Kambhoja Raga; also '''Kambodi''' or '''Kambhodi''').
- or '''Kambojika''' ( Buddhist texts).
- (equivalent to ''Kamboja'', as in the ''Ramayanamanjri'' by Pt Kshmendra of Kashmir .)
- (equivalent to ''Kambu''; the Kamboja of Hiuen Tsiang: Dr. R. K. Mukerjee, Dr. Law).
- (name of Kamboja in the Chinese recension of ''Tathagata Grhya-Sutra (Ratnakutsangraha)''.
- or '''Kam-po-ji''' (name of Kamboja in the Tibetan recension of ''Tathagata Grhya-Sutra (Ratnakutsangraha)''.
- (as in the writings of Chinese traveller Chou Ta-kuan (1296 A.D.))
- (ancient Burmese name for Kamboja.)
- , '''Kamuio''' (See Inscriptions A2, A3, E1/E' of Mathura Lion Capital ; See also: {Link without Title} .)
- (as in Ashoka's Rock Edicts of Bhubneshwar, Orissa ).
- (as in the Chidambram inscriptions of Tamil-Nadu .)
- (as in the Buddhist text ''Mahamayuri''; see also Indian Antiquaries, 52, part 2, 1923, S Levi)
- (as in the name of prince , eighth ruler of the Guhilot Dynasty and founder of the Mewar Dynasty of Rajasthan . Probably a variant of ''Kambhoj'', since in Indo-Aryan Language s, the consonant ''M'' can easily interchange with ''N'' and then ''L''.)
- (a Ptolemian name for Komuda (?) or Komdesh/Kamdesh?; from ''Kambodesh''(?), probably "Kambojdesh".)
- or '''Kamboy''' (modern ''' Kamboh '''; Shahbazgarhi Edicts of king Ashoka ; also in Jain canon Uttaradhyana-Sutra 11/16.)
- & '''Kamoi''' (as in some ancient Sikh writings, like those of Giani Gian Singh. cf ''Kamboy'' of Ashoka's Shabaazgarhi Edict s).
- or '''Kanboh''' (as in medieval Muslim writings)
- or '''Kanbuh''' (variants of ''Kamboh/Kanboh''. In medieval Muslim writings).
- (obviously from ''Kambhoj'').
- (same as Kambho, obviously from ''Kumbhoj'').
- (as in ''The Martial Races of India'', p 251, Sir George Fletcher MacMunn. Same as ''Kamboh'').
- ("Ultra-prakrit/vulgate" form of ''Kamboj'', used in the illiterate circles of Panjab ).
- (a Ptolemian name for a Tribe north of Bactria/Badakshan in Central Asia . Perhaps from ''Kamboi'', which may be an alternative of ''Kamboika / Kamboyika /Kambojika'').
- (a Ptolemian name for a region on the Oxus / Badakshan , north of Hindukush, said to be a poor transliteration of Sanskrit ''Kamboja'' (Dr. S Levi).)
- (from '''Kambautai''', Ptolemian transliteration for ''Kamboja'', a people/region in Paropamisadae , south of Hindukush (Dr. M. Witzel).
- (adjectival use of ''Kamboja'')
- Sanskrit appears as ''' K.b.u.ji.i.y''', '''Kabujiya''' or perhaps '''Kabaujiya'''/'''Kaboujiya''' and '''Kambujiya''' or perhaps '''Kambaujiya''' ( OR with -n- in place of -m- as '''Kanbujiya''' or '''Kanbaujiya''') of Old ians, of whom the ancient Kambojas are said to have formed a clan.
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