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Daradas were a Mongoloid people who lived north to the Kashmir valley. This kingdom is identified to be the Gilgit region in Kashmir along the river Sindhu or Indus . They are often spoken along with the Kambojas . The Pandava hero Arjuna had visited this country of Daradas during his northern millitary campaign to collect triubute for Yudhisthira 's Rajasuya sacrifice.

The Vayu Purana , Brahmanda Purana and Vamana Purana mention the Daradas with the Kambojas, Chinas, Tusharas and the Bahlikas etc. The Bhuvankosha of the Puranas locates the Daradas, Kambojas , Barbaras, Bahlikas, Lampakas etc in the Uttarapatha division of ancient India. e.g: