Kambu Swayambhuva

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Kambu Swayambhuva or Kambu Svayambhuva was an ancestor of the

Rajendra Chola I, Ashoka, Pushyamitra Shunga and others.[2]

History

Vedic period of India with the Kambojas tribal lands in the north-west

Scholar

southern India, as a version of the Kanchi Pallava dynasty creation myth.[3][4]

Claimed to be the eponym of the Kambojas, Kambu Swayambhuva is characterized as a Brahmin chieftain, married to Mera, who was given to him by Lord Shiva.[5]

The name Kambu is stated to be a corruption of the standard

Srimad Devi Bhagawatam (5.28.1-12) etc. refers to the Kambojas as Kambu clan. King Ashoka's Rock Edicts V & XIII located at Peshawar write Kamboj
as Kamboy or Kambo.

Numerous

Elamite, and Kanpuziya in the Susan language.[8]

See also

References

  1. . Retrieved January 14, 2018.
  2. ^ "Ekaatmataa Stotra" (PDF). HSS Canada. Archived from the original (PDF) on January 16, 2018. Retrieved January 15, 2018.
  3. . Retrieved January 14, 2018.
  4. ^ Miriam T. Stark (2006). "9 Textualized Places, Pre-Angkorian Khmers and Historicized Archaeology by Miriam T. Stark - Cambodia's Origins and the Khok Thlok Story" (PDF). University of Hawaii. Archived from the original (PDF) on September 23, 2015. Retrieved January 14, 2018.
  5. ^ Indianised States of Southeast Asia, 1968, p 66, 47, George Coedes
  6. ^ Ancient Kamboja, People and the Country, 1981, pp 359-60, Dr J. L. Kamboj.
  7. ^ Parskar Gryhamsutram 2.1.23
  8. ^ Bailey, H.W. (1971). "Ancient Kamboja", in Iran and Islam: In Memory of Vladimir Minorsky, ed. Bosworth, C.E., pp. 65-71. Edinburgh.

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