The Tragic History of the Kambojas

Kambojas were an ancient people who are mentioned in the Vedas. In this video, we will see how the identity of the Kambojas changed.
Reference:-
1. Tribes of Ancient India by B C Law
2. New light on the Kambojas and their horse trade in Ancient Bengal by Annapurna Chattopadhyaya and and Annapurna Chattopadhyaya
3. The Kambojas by G. A. G. and G. K. Nariman
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[@saulgoodman124]

Thanks for making video on Kambojs. I am a Kamboj Sikh living in Patiala India. A bit of correction - "Rajpura" is a city in Punjab adjacent to Patiala and it has a very high population of Kambojs. Kambojs are in Large number in Karnal (Haryana) also, and they are Hindu Kambojs Muslim Kambojs can also be found in Pakistan in a large number.

[@jodhsingh3083]

How much population in patiala of kamboj

[@FilesdocumentsAndreposit-kr3vb]

This rajpura seems like a new city..the kambojas maybe moved and renamed this place.

[@nobu1730]

dude i'm also a kamboj sikh from patiala. seems like patiala has a big kamboj sikh population because even tho i live in usa, a lot of sikh kambojs i come across are from patiala.

[@anaesthete5592]

I think the location of kambojas were probably further more north west like outside of the subcontinent maybe Tajikistan or Afghan area not the Rajouri region, they did horse trading that means they had links with the central Asians who bred better quality horses so kamobojas were like peripheral of the Indians and central asians, and in early times they were more close with the Indic sphere and after the invasions they got disconnected with Indic sphere and become more aligned with the central asians

[@witchilich]

Kabul was their capital. Kamboja was also called Kapisa and Kalhana called it "Kabulistan".

[@gravewalker34]

KAMBOJAS can't be tajiks , its most likely shifting territory from Kashmir to afghanistan. Because in earlier texts they mention horses and lapis lazuli coming from aratta region of gandhara. And region got its name because someone named gandhara conquered it and hence shifting and expanding the name of gandhara to even northern afghanistan. Horses were pretty common in mundigak culture and later Bmac where half of skeletons were from Indus valley civilization.

[@unknownmaster5078]

@@witchilichsource? That’s not true. Read my other reply

[@witchilich]

@@unknownmaster5078 that's your speculation. Kamboja was mentioned in Vedas.

[@witchilich]

@@unknownmaster5078 you are speculating and stating it as a fact. Like ignoring the fact that kamboja is mentioned in Vedas.

[@Kamboj_4]

Im born in Punjab and my last name is kamboj

[@Arsh_Nandha_1]

Pra tere surname/lastname kamboj nhi kambohan di gotra huni a apne parents nu puch te oh tenu dsu ge ki gotra ki ohna di

[@zt3gaming796]

@@Arsh_Nandha_1 Im a Pakistani Punjabi and my nana ji was a Kamboh from Amritsar...r they related to this Kingdom?

[@pirate9002]

​@@zt3gaming796kamboh is used by the kambojs who adopted islam .

[@mainajnabee]

Great videos! I'm really happy that millennials like you are taking interest in this topic! Thank you for all your research! My suggestion for whatever it's worth; it would be really great if you can make a visual animation of timeline on the geographical map, spanning entire timeline for all these different dynasties. Even if you start piece by piece. Eventually it will be a big deal! Thank you again!

[@anaesthete5592]

Please make videos on explaining Ajanta cave paintings or Gupta era plays and other literatures

[@harikrishnayadav3320]

This is a very old doubt of mine. Thank you!!

[@vinodkamboj105]

In the Mahabharata’s Anushasana Parva, the Kamboja region is indeed mentioned in the context of the Varan system. It’s cited as one of the regions where people belonging to different varnas (social classes) reside. The text outlines the varna system and mentions various regions and peoples associated with each varna. Kamboja is typically listed among the regions inhabited by the Kshatriyas (warrior class).

[@swamisundaram]

Adding that the Kingdom of 'Cambodia', close to Thailand, was called 'Kampuchea' which is a variation of 'Kamboja'. Successive kings like Norodom Sihanouk have identified their ancestry to Kamboj in modern day Afghanistan. People of Sri Lanka also identify their ancestry to Kamboj,

[@vaishnavikhare8596]

that means Cambodia could have derived its name from Kamboja. Interesting !

[@jeetu4212]

King kabhu swambhua Cambodia king was from lineage kamboja

[@kaydee3407]

Pahlavani pallavas

[@unknownmaster5078]

Another Sri Lankan Kamboj wannabe lol

[@Pklcp]

The Brahmin Kambu Swayambhuva from the Pallava region of the southern India extended his influence into Southeast Asia. He defeated the native king and took the native king's daughter as his wife. He established the Chella empire in Southeast Asia. Historians believe that Kambu Swayambhuva is the ancestor of the present - day Khmer or Cambodian people. But the old Khmer people did not like being called Cambodia by others. They prefer to be called Khmer by others. That was because Kamboja was the only power from India that ruled them. No their race.

[@indo8310]

There were two kamboja states.The first was situated in neighbouring regions of Gandhara and another name was 'Parama kambojas' which was located at modern Tajikistan. According to Historian Prof.Dinesh Chandra Sarkar the kambojas migrated from Iran to their close and oldest neighbour India.

[@ShahanshahShahin]

Nope, there was no kambhoja in modern Tajikistan cuz it was Sogdia

[@lakshay7901]

Maybe Persian conquests of Gandhāra & Kamboj had some cultural impact on these regions in the 6th & 5th centuries BC. And thereafter Greeks occupied till Mauryas finally united them back with the rest of India.

[@Dodlo32888]

Even the mauryas only able to hold those both land for like 120y. After them they are mostly ruled by foreign powers

[@lakshay7901]

@@Dodlo32888 Yea Indo Greeks recaptured them after decline of Mauryan Empire. Pushyamitra gave a push to them But only for a little while.

[@D__Ujjwal]

Yes, it's same like how pashtuns migrated from eastern iran to modern day Pakistan. Even though IVC extended till South afganistan but modern day afganistan has very less hindkowans

[@kamath234]

There is so much history to learn

[@Dhruv_Dogra]

And it strengthens our identity and cultural awareness, important for sense of self and confidence.

[@omsingh8625]

Thanks for providing,details didn't clear as to how Greeks and sythians were present there before 4th BC,

[@anaesthete5592]

Greeks were there since 6th bc, scythians came much later

[@Dodlo32888]

@@anaesthete5592 parsians use Indus Valley as Exile for rebel Greek, so you are kinda right

[@k.r.s.s9013]

Modern Punjabi Kambojs genetically cluster with Yusafzai Pashtuns of Swat, and score high percentage of BMAC dna, which is non existent in most South asians. This is a clear proof of descent from ancient kambojas.

[@akashsadhukhan2044]

That's because Kamboja= kabul. Also the modern country of Cambodia got it's name from a Kamboja king.

[@anaesthete5592]

High percentage BMAC means there location were further more north west probably not the rajouri region

[@punjabiraj2869]

Arains share the same DNA component with Kambojs

[@asmirann3636]

​@@akashsadhukhan2044 Kamboj is not Kabul. Kamboj was North of Afghanistan, more like southern Uzbekistan. Kabul valley lies South of Hindu Kush mountain range. This area was part of Gandhara and other related kingdoms. Area North of Hindu Kush was Kamboj kingdom.

[@anaesthete5592]

@@punjabiraj2869 well almost every Indians share the same DNA components, if you meant arains and Kamboj are genetically same? Then no, cause Arains are high IVC with less BMAC while Kamboj are high BMAC like Yousafzai pashtuns according to the op comment

[@gravewalker34]

Another mysterious place also disappeared from history. In mahabharata and sutras there is a place called aratta which even sumerians mention. Since sumerians mention it having lapis lazuli and Mahabharata mention it as a region in gandhara expanse i hypothesized that this could be Afghanistan. Sumerians even mention sanskrit name En-Sukeshdana of aratta in 2500 bce. Which is mindblowing because hypothesis that sanskrit came to the region later.

[@benefactor4309]

Where is the Sanskrit word mentioned in Sumerian text ?

[@gravewalker34]

@benefactor4309 there are too many actually. All musical instruments in sumerian texts are sanskrit names for eg. The one i talked abt is from epic story of Enmerker and lord of aratta. One word is En- Sukeshdana the Lord of aratta. Aratta is also a region of Hindu king Amavasu in baudhyana sutra and mahabharata it is a land of five rivers or beyond 5 rivers.

[@benefactor4309]

@@gravewalker34 I knew about arrata fact . Can u name musical instruments mentioned in Sumerian texts and what is their date ?

[@gravewalker34]

@benefactor4309 it's in sumerian word borrowing list from a PDF on academia. The pdf is called sumerian indo European borrowings. Another common word is found in Akkadian and sumerian is Mudra for currency and Mana for weights and measures. I will look for exact names of musical instruments in a minute as soon as I find it I will reply.

[@gravewalker34]

​@@benefactor4309 sanskrit: dindima, mrja, sarkara, vana,damaru, samya,mangalaturya,mrtyuturya, sayamturya, kinnara, sadja, gada, gargar, svara,stavitr, gatr/gala. Sumerian: dimdim, mese, Sukarak,bana, dimarsu, salmusa, malgatum, miritum, sabitum, nar, sagida, gude, harhar/gargar, sagara, estaly, gala.

[@HamzaPKR]

Could you expand on the Parama Kamboja. Btw another argument for Kamboja being in the Gandhara/upper Indus region is that there exist a community identifying as Kamboj/Kamboh in Punjab to this day. Alone it probably does not say much but together with the other pieces of evidence is a strong indication of where the kingdom was located.

[@FilesdocumentsAndreposit-kr3vb]

When people settle in a region and Rohtas is in western part of Bihar. Remember that magadha was a seat of highest powers in the region .... Other Rajas and bhumipatis ( original sanskrit word for zamindars ) were all subservient to the magadh superior and often were allies and in service of magadh . So, even if somebody gave refuge to the royal family of ayodhya ...those days ...they could keep it hidden from imperial magadh and those days people had very different mentality. Sharanagat people were to be given refuge if it was possible for you, or else it was seen as a big sin .

[@unknownmaster5078]

Parama Kambojas was located in Tajikistan/Uzbekistan/Southern Kyrgyzstan. The Indo-Scythian elite were Scythianized Kambojs fleeing from the Kushans. Read about the Saptarishi Tila Statue

[@Advaitvaadi]

Great informative video

[@zaidikakitchen]

In Punjab, Kamboja, present day they call Kamboh, There is city called on mound Qabullah, it said that it was their acient city, Also they live along the river of satulaj

[@jeetu4212]

In urdu or punjabi we say kamboh but in documents they have surname kamboj

[@zaidikakitchen]

its same, they Kambo share the same story. Similary Bahti we have In India they called Bahtiya@@jeetu4212

[@sooryanarayan4148]

I know a person from Punjab with the surname "Kamboj"

[@karnailsinghmomi5188]

I am from India In state Punjab

[@Dodlo32888]

I know several people named gupta is that mean anything sir?

[@mtarkes]

it means you know a lot of banias. @@Dodlo32888

[@kashutosh9132]

​@@Dodlo32888 Yes,they are the last wizards of Hogwarts

[@Arsh_Nandha_1]

Bro kamboj is your caste and i can ask ur parents for surname what is their surname

[@mastrammeena328]

One of my favourite videos of yours and on ancient indian history in general Very interesting history of kamboj, it's very similar to Meenas of rajasthan Can you make a video about Mastya Janapada and it's connection (if any) with present day Meenas??? Please🙏🏿🙏🏿🙏🏿🙏🏿🙏🏿🙏🏿🙏🏿

[@anaesthete5592]

Why do you think kamboj history is similar to meenas of Rajasthan

[@kartheeque]

Kurush the great’s son and the second emperor of the Haxamanishiyas was also called Kambujiya. Did he have any link? Like Kurush had a Kamboja wife whose son became the second emperor?

[@jeetu4212]

Kurush From same lineage Kamboja and modern kambojas have sub caste kaura (curus the great)

[@Dodlo32888]

Cambyses II mother and father (cyrus and Cassandane both are parsian and cambyses i is his grandfather. Those two names had Similarities probably because of Sanskrit and parsian both originated from indo-aryan languages group!

[@kraut1982]

@kartheeque Your hypothesis of Cambyses from Kambhoja wife is very convincing.

[@unknownmaster5078]

@@Dodlo32888nope

[@hrusikeshpanda7099]

Kamboj as Cambodia is described as having been established by Kalinga empire like other countries in South East Asia. There is a story in early folklore described in Asian Stories.

[@user-lm8zd9kd1w]

Bhai kyu fokat me man garith stories faila rha hai. Galat Gyan mat pel😂

[@tajendersharma1539]

In haryana & punjab people have surname kamboj sikh and hindu

[@GJ-yx1nb]

Very important caste is Kamboj in Punjab and Haryana.They are neither Jats or Kshatriya but independent caste

[@BaljinderKaur-mp8lq]

Kamboj (jhand)

[@GurvinderSingh-gk3kv]

​@@GJ-yx1nbkamboj is not a cast, kamboj is a tribe

[@lakhshyalakey8078]

Good work

[@EyeOpener-hz1ro]

Do the latter Kambojas have a connection with Cambodia, as Cambodia is close to Bangal

[@jeetu4212]

Mahajanpada kamboja(5000 bc) Kamboja in ramayana Kamboja kings in mahabharata Kamboja rishi in vedas Kambojas king of persia name kambujia Kamboja king of Kamboja pala dynasty (bihar up bangal bangladesh) Shree ram dhot king of Punjab Kambojas and alxander fight(queen kripi kamboj) Kamboja king of sri lanka Kamuia empire kamboja(queen kambojika) mathura statue Kamboja ruled on Cambodia 825 AD So many......

[@badarpurschool9618]

We have kamboj surname in Punjab and Jammu

[@paulomi9351]

Kamboj jaat 😊

[@asmirann3636]

​@@paulomi9351Kamboj are not jaat originally. Basically these are people who were displaced due to foreign invasions in the north west of India. As a result these people migrated to Jammu, Kashmir, Himachal and Punjab, almost 800-900 years before. The surname Kamboj comes from the Kamboja Kingdom whose citizen were these people. They may have become jaat later on with time. Earlier jaat was anybody who pursued farming. Later on during the mediaeval times it became a caste .

[@paulomi9351]

@@asmirann3636 hmm What Pakistanis say about their pre-islamic ancestry: All those whose title is Sheikh are Arabs: The fact is that all Sheiks are either converted from Kashmiri Pundits or from Khatris like Saigols. All those with title of Mirza are descendants of Mughals: This is only partly true, as most of the Rajput converts and even non converts were given the title of Mirza like Mirza Raja Jai Singh. All those with the titles of Saiyyad are true descendants of Mohammad: This is mostly fake. People took this title to extract respect from common folk. Although there are some true Saiyyads , The first Saiyyad in Sindh married local Sindhi Hindu girls(As per Kitab ul Hind by Al Beruni) thus even the true Saiyyads have local Hindu blood from mother side. All those with the title of Awans are Arabs: While the first census of India was being carried out in 1870, the british officers find it very difficult to distinguish Awans from Hindu Rajputs as their customs were astonishingly similar to Hindu Rajputs. The current effort on the part of Awans to align with Arabs is for the same purpose as elicited at point 3. Dilip Kumar(Yusuf Khan) the film actor is Awan. All Arains are also Arabs: Till Jia ul Haq usurped the throne of Pakistan, Arains were comfortable with their Hindu ancestry. They were and are vegetable growers and gardeners. With Jia’s elevation, Arains suddenly became Arab for obvious reasons. All with the title of Janjua are Arabs: In Suleman mountain, coins of Maldev Janjua has been discovered. This is a matter of Shame for Janjuas rather than pride as they have framed themselves up as Arabs. All with the title of Wattu are Arabs: They are infact Rajputs but prefer to call themselves as descendant of Arabs but shy away at the proposal of DNA test. Khokhars: Khokhars call themselves descendents of Arabs but actually they are related to Jats, Hindu Khokhars created havoc in the Army of Mahmud Ghajnavi when Jaipal attacked Ghajni to take it back in around 980-990 AD. Hindu Khokhars killed Shahabuddin Ghori on the right bank of Indus near Attock in 1203 AD. There are still some Hindu Khokhars in India. All with the title of Khan/ Pathan are actually Pakhtun and all Pakhtuns are Afghans and all Afghans are the lost tribes of Bani Afghana of Israel: The theory was promulgated in the medieval era but is refuted by DNA test. Some Pathan as told in the beginning are recent converts from Rajputs. Afghans have some Tadjik elements also. Pashto is an Indo-Iranic language and is not related to semitic language. According to Farishta, Afghans including Pakhtuns were Hindus and Pagans before their conversion to Islam. Muhammad Ghorí’s great grandfather Shansban was Buddhist. Similarly Tigin Shahis were turks and were Buddhists before converting to Islam. Khan is the title of adopted by any noble Hindu convert to Islam , some times even barbers also used this title after conversion. However every Khan wants to identify with Pakhtuns. All Ansaris are those Madinites who helped Muhammad in Madina: Ansaris in the Indian subcontinent are converts from weaver community of Hindus. They took this title as a semblance of respectability. They are still in the job of stitching, weaving and tailoring. All Quraishis are those Quraishi clan to which Muhammad himself belong to: Qureshis in India are converts from Hindu Butchers or Kasabs. They took this title for the same reason of respectability , It was a clan decision to convert and clan decision to take this title. However there are Jats , Rajputs, Gurjars , Khatris, Kashmiri Pundits and Ahirs in Pakistan who acknowledge their Hindu Past. They proudly keep their titles as Bajwa, Randhawa, Johia, Tomar, Deol, Rathore, Chauhan, Minhas, Salaria, Salathia, Shan, Rana, Raja, Satti, Bhutto, Lohani, Bhatti, Jadoun, Sumra, Samma, Sasan, Ghil, Maan, Gujjar, Katariya, Khatana, Kapur, Kohli, Sethi, Saigol, Bahal, Kakar, Khatri, Bhat, Rao, Rangher. Some Pakhtuns’ title like Sarwani, Shahbani, Shahukhel, Kakar,Khosa, Bamzai, Karzai, Sadozai, Barakzai, Mahmand, Suri, Khattak, Afridi, Shermankhel, Mahsud, Lodi have in themselves definite Hindu and even Greek connotations. Greek historians Plini, Strabo and Sanskrit Grammarian Panini has thrown some light on the people living in what is now Khaibar Pakhtunkhwah. Also with little linguistic retrospection above tribes might be previously known as Suryavanshi, Shahvanshi, Shahkul, Kakar, Khosa, Vam, Kar, Sat, Varak or Virk, Mahamand(Or great Mand: Mand was a Shaka tribe), Sri, Shatak, Aparitai (Greek tribe), Srimankul, Mahashudra(Shudra was not a non Aryan tribe, rather Alexendar fought with Kshudraks a warrior tribe, Sud is still the title of Khatris of Punjab who are upper caste), Lydoi(A Greek tribe). Thus we can infer that these tribes originated from Hindu or Greek ancestors even the Yusufzais call themselves as Isap in their own gatherings, this Isap is the same as Aspesians who under their queen Kripi gave brilliant resistance to Macedonians under Alexendar the great in Massaga(some where near Peshawar) sometime in 327BC. Kripi in Greek sources is mentioned as Kleophis. Kalash kafir people of the Chitral and Hunza still worship Mahadev and Yimraj and follow a primitive Vedic religion. Only 2000 left now as rest are converted by abduction of girls and forcibly conversion of men. They were masters of a province of Kafiristan in north east Afghanistan till 1896. In brief, some 20% of Pakistanis are estimated to be from Turkish/Afghan/Mughal/Arab origins and rest 80% of purely indigenous. Among these 80% , mostly they were Hindus or a mix of Hindus, Buddhists, Animists and Zoroastrians and Jainism at the same time. Even in the remaining 20% there is substantial proportion of Hindu blood from mother side

[@asmirann3636]

@@paulomi9351 There is no point in discussion the fake history of Pakistanis or even Pashtoons for that matter. These are people who have lost all connections to their cultural identity. Associating with Mughal or Arab or Ghazni or Ghori is nothing but a case of Stockholm syndrome of theirs. But truth doesn't matter. Even if you present the truth to them on a platter, they will still discard it. This is because in their version of truth, they are descendants of Gazis who came and destroyed the galeez kafirs of Hindustan. The 20% figure of outside genetic contribution is too high. It wouldn't be more than 5% at the best, and more likely it would be around 2%. This is because the ruling elite is always a small group. All these invading armies were never more than 70000-80000 soldiers. And even among these not all of these soldiers stayed and intermarried.

[@Yovo555]

Cambodia is still named the country as Kamboja. We have ancient stone inscription too. We call ourselves by two names Khmer or Cambodja.

[@kalapriyan]

Cambyses of Elam is a Greek version of Kambujiya. Did any historian study this angle?

[@indo8310]

Yes you are true. Greek historians never pronounced Indian and Iranian names correctly.

[@Dodlo32888]

@@indo8310 or they can’t Pronounce it, just like we called them yavanas!

[@girishg414]

Wouldn’t the tribes that inhabit the mountainous areas of Gilgit Baltistan, Tajikistan etc call themselves “local mountain people” rather than give themselves Vedic terms originating in downstream river valleys? Huge geographic disparities leads to huge cultural differences & I’m not too sure that mountain people adhered strictly to Vedic values because they saw these values as originating from the plains. It’s the same reason why places like Afghanistan never really became a nation.

[@ShahanshahShahin]

Tajiks were Sogdians

[@unknownmaster5078]

Kambojas was located in Sogdiana and Bactria

[@LotusPost]

So, a more appropriate title of this video should be the history of today's Kashmir as : "From Kambojas to Kashmir" and also, it seems that not much has changed relating with this region of india or to say that as kambojas were part of 16 mahajanapadas of india but after that it was considered a foreign land and group just like that in modern times, Kashmir is the part of India but still some parts of it is occupied by foreign countries. The history of that entire region from ancient gandhara to ladakh and beyond is really complicated. One more thing i'd like to add is that what's the meaning of kamboja? I mean u said a blanket for love or something like that, so does this mean something related to geography of today's kashmir valley serving as a blanket or shield of snowy mountains geographically or it's entirely different..?

[@shekharb2981]

Kamboj are those who are living beyond the boundaries of Aryavart ie beyond Hindukush mountains,ie of Turks from Turkmenistan Central Asia region were called Kamboj.

[@hardevgalas3510]

I am Hardev Singh Khinda kamboj community in jalandhar Punjab

[@williamliamsmith4923]

Camboja were famous for horses (along with कम्बल) and also they lost being part of vaidic region and became mlecchas due to lack of Brahmins amongst them (who could perform yadnyas). Considering these two mentions- it may be difficult to place them in Kashmir. From 500 BCE to 1400 CE (assuming the time of Kambojas was contained well within this period) it would be hard to imagine the area of Kashmir being without Vedic religion and without Brahmins. What do Rajtarangini and Puranas say about Kashmir in this period. Further there are ancient temples in Kashmir providing archeological evidence. Considering the evidence perhaps Kambojas were further north in eastern Iran or Afghanistan. They are also mentioned with Balkh people in Mahabharata. 🤔 Another comment about genetic association of people named Kambojas in India with BMAC and Yusufzai also supports a location further north.

[@vinodkamboj105]

He is making it up I never heard about the blanket theory

[@sultankamboh]

Kamboja were the rulers of the world Kamboja also made 16 maha janpadha in india Kamboja is one Empire Kaura Kamboja made Kuru empire Mall ,Malhi ,Maliey branch made Malla Empire Angayary tribe made Anga Empire Jammu tribe made Kashi (lion ) empire Ahura mazda worshiper Kamboja name Magdha empire Kosale or Koshal tribe made Kosale or Koshal empire NANDA and NanfanTribe made Nanda Empire Gandhi and Gandharey Kamboja made kingship of Gandhara Nag Pal Nagra , Nagri Tribe made sheshu Naga empire Siam or Siame Kamboja expend and rule over Thai land Sama Kamboja made Sama dynasty od sindh and india Kamboja also ruled Kambodia, Korya and Japan . Parama Kamboja countries name were Tajikistan Uzbekistan and Turkamanistan Asvakan Kamboja was Afghanistan to Iran Irani Kings also take their name from Kamboja like korsh azam s/o Kamboja or Kambijia which throne name was Kay qabad . Continue

[@pahuldeepsingh7260]

Your knowledge is great sir …..can you refer me source as well….and if possible can you tell about the history of modern day Thinds and Jossans(Kamboj clans)

[@amritpalsingh8103]

Hey thanks for tracing my roots

[@Dodlo32888]

Jay you can cover the history out side of India in a Separate playlist. Like rise of Various empires (achaemenid, Babylonian, roman, sassanids, Greek, Egyptians, han Chinese) and many more other topics like Greek-parsian war, punic war, roman civil war, invasion of steppe people, etc. You are one of my favourite historical youtuber, so it’s really interesting to see your explanation on those topics. Always appreciate your work!!!👍

[@JayVardhanSingh]

I am currently focussing on Indian history and since there's so much to cover about Indian history itself, it will take some time before we venture outside India.

[@D__Ujjwal]

​@@JayVardhanSinghsir please cover architecture of ancient India during Ashokan times or during Gupta period.

[@OK-pq1wj]

Sir, Please explain the process of having access to records in NATIONAL ARCHIVES OF INDIA offline. I am not a college student.

[@Playerone1287]

Mujhe bhi janna hai

[@OK-pq1wj]

@@Playerone1287 bhai pata chale to batana mujhe bhi.

[@meteor541]

Another banger

[@sunitabajpai4690]

Who was aupamanyava kamboja mentioned in the brahmanas ?

[@jeetu4212]

Modern kambojas sub caste sama who are descendant of upmanyu kamboja who was rishi of sama veda

[@abumoe]

Kamboja is also another name for Cambodia a southeast ancient country

[@hannanhub1717]

Very good historical analysis

[@yatharthpandey2701]

really great analysis

[@vaishnavikhare8596]

hey do you mind telling us something about chedi mahajanpada. Did it have any connection with chandel dynasty of that region in medieval times

[@111saibaba]

May be Kabodia got its name indicating that the land was ruled by kambhojas. May be in 10th century

[@nitinsharma2089]

Hi Jay, as per your research can you conclude that all sanskrit text/works written after 1500bc? As widely held in western scholars? Like Aryan brought sanskrit and Hinduism. Or there are chances that sanskrit existed before 1500BC. We have lot of sanskrit text and how can we attribute all of them in such short time frame of 1500 years. Kindly respond

[@user-vc6ly1oq3h]

Now western scholars are changing their date of aryan arrival in india beyond 1500 bc. Actually Jay use Raychoudhari's book as basic source for hus videos which us written one century ago

[@kishandhanju4010]

Hello hay I m Bittu dhanju Kamboj Uttrakhand up

[@FilesdocumentsAndreposit-kr3vb]

No way. ..rajouri never had any links with kambojas

[@lostcities2023]

Informative video ❤

[@shekharattry8627]

kambojas are settled at the bank of rivers what ie its reason.

[@punjabiraj2869]

Original territory of kambojas was in Pamir region

[@unknownmaster5078]

Yeah and includes Sogdiana and Bactria

[@benefactor4309]

Are kamboj related to persians ?

[@anaesthete5592]

I think central Asians maybe

[@Vikramsinghkamboj494]

Yes.....Kamboj are related to Persians...

[@Vath098]

Excellent video. I think ancient Kambojas are none other than modern Pashtuns. Until recently, Pashtuns were also horsemen, traders in horses, blankets and woollen fabric _ like ancient Kambojas.

[@kalapriyan]

After reading about Parthians, Khmer and Pallavas, I felt they were all related. Pashtuns are made up of tribes who are descendants of Scythians and Parthians. I feel that is the reason Khmers called their land Kampuchea (Cambodia)

[@witchilich]

Pakhtuns speak an Eastern Iranian language so at best you can stretch their history to the Achaemenid invasion. Majority of Pakhtuns are of the Durrani (formerly Abdali) tribe and Ghilji(or Khilji tribe). Sassanid emperor Shapur I used Afghan(Abgan) for the Hepthalites(later Abdalis) "To Ormuzd Bunukan ,from Bredag Watanan ... greetings and homage from ... ) , the ( sotang ( ? ) of Parpaz ( under ) [ the glorious ) yabghu of Hephthal , the chief of the Afghans , ' the judge of Tukharistan and Gharchistan . " So majority of Pakhtuns are Hepthalite hunas or Khilji Turks.

[@D__Ujjwal]

Pashtuns are not native to afganistan, they speak Iranian language while people of ancient gandhara spoke gandhara prakrit a dialect of sanskrit. It's obvious they migrated to Afghanistan later

[@witchilich]

@@D__Ujjwal gandhara was in pakistan. Pakhtuns were in Afghanistan/swat valley.

[@Vath098]

@@witchilich you have reference to "Pakhta" in Rigveda (in battle of ten kings).

[@alexisdespland4939]

since i have a friend called cassie that is pronouced the same way at the mahajeapata of kasi can uou please do a video about the mahajanapata of kasi. soon thanks.

[@bosbanon3452]

They use blanket because their location was colder than all of the subcontinent,i think Jammu and Kashmir then Afghanistan is the best place suited for them, in the contrary the subcontinent are mostly hot and arid, and mostly wore loose clothes even the male are Shirtless

[@aliyousif6347]

Excellent, I'm Ratanpal Kamboj From Punjab Pakistan.

[@unknownmaster5078]

Why do you have a Sikh/Hindu name?

[@blackoutop5237]

They are fruads we hindu are real kamboj they are converted in haridwar we have name of our abcestors upto 800 years ​@@unknownmaster5078

[@KrishnkantSingh-qk8tk]

Why your name is a hindu? Are you a hindu kamboja in pakistan?

[@pappug5319]

Kamboj came from central asia during mahabharat n gifted kamble to pandav yudhister . Source. Meenakshi jain. Wat l remeber from her podcast

[@manojkamboj5050]

Sir one more video on Kamboj

[@susantadeb7666]

Kamboj was in present day Tajikistan. In Dushnavi museum there is a 19 ft lying Buddha. On the bank of Oxus river (Okhu) there is well known Buddhist archeological site.

[@atifmohammedhussain6635]

Iam kamboja. All dardic indo Aryans in northern PAKISTAN, kunhar Afghanistan and noristan are kamojas. Still kom lives in north Pakistan. In Punjab kamboj is agricultural caste.

[@KrishnkantSingh-qk8tk]

Wow. There are many hindu and sikh kamboj in punjab and haryana too. A large number of them have migrated to maharashtra too.

[@indranilchandra7525]

Excellent 👍

[@AshwiniKumarS]

Yavanas, sakas, hunas are mentioned in Mahabharata and I guess ramayana mentions yavana and yavanamitra i.e. indogreeks, so by this can we conclude these two epics were written around the gupta period

[@manthanpandya7501]

Were written over centuries and updated, edited many times by different writers. Original plot must be pre Buddhist (but not that much famous in masses at that point or time) , it could be from bardic form to later compilation during these centuries 4th Century BCE to 4 th century AD

[@adwaitvedant3297]

Those parts are present due to interpolations

[@anaesthete5592]

These are layered texts so even though it's tells a story of much older times the later added layers includes a lot of contemporary references from the respective time periods

[@AshwiniKumarS]

@@manthanpandya7501 it cannot be prebuddist most probably. The character jabali, a preacher in court of dasratha is a charvaka and there are references to buddha

[@AshwiniKumarS]

@@adwaitvedant3297 a convenient escapade

[@kaydee3407]

Nepal architecture is similar to the architecture of varma kings in kerala ... The horse is very important as their were horse traders who became horse cavalry and then viceroys or raj.puts .. In the history these tribes are said to have origonated around armenian highlands ...they are also relted to the rashtrakutas ..who projected themselves from east north areas down to the south ..karnataka and then kerala .. Rashtra .kulas .. They formed natiosn as viceroys of the oroginal dravidian emperors of india .. The pallavas could be the preislty class of this clan .. Pahlavani of tabaristan ..

[@gravewalker34]

One persian emperor has name cambyses/ kambujia. How is this even a thing. Were they iranian or indo aryan or mix. Then there is cambodia, which is related linguistically to kambojas. Did they leave india to cambodia due to saka etc invasions? Very confusing but thanks for touching on their history.

[@akashsadhukhan2044]

No. In Bengal and Odisha many people have their the Gotra (Tribe name) as Kamboja. Once An Bengali/Odia Merchant sailed his Ship 🚢 in the Bay of Bengal for trading with Southeast Asian nations. There a princess of that land fall in love with him and they married and he became the king. And that's who Cambodia got it's name.

[@D__Ujjwal]

Probably Indian culture but then changed to foreign.

[@unknownmaster5078]

What Saka invasions? Lol Kambojs arrived with Sakas to India. The Indo-Scythians were established by Kambojas

[@gravewalker34]

@@unknownmaster5078 sakas came much later. Kambojas were there in vedic period as well.

[@unknownmaster5078]

@@gravewalker34 The Indo-Scythians were established by Scythianized Kambojs. Please read about the Mathura Lion Inscriptions and the Saptarishi Tila Statue.

[@shivamkamboj6285]

The king of the world is also KAMBOJ Cyrus is great is also kamboj community

[@Mahicato-zn8kb]

we are Kambojas , we know our history , first read Mahabharata and Ramaina , who were Parama Kambojas , who were Asvakan Kambojas , and Surya vanshi Kambojas , rulers of the world

[@vinodkamboj105]

Your description of Kamboja is false and not based on any fact please correct your statement in this video

[@sanjeevn770]

Why dont you elaborate what is wrong so that we also can understand.

[@alexisdespland4939]

do the kambogas have anything to do with modern cambodia.

[@D__Ujjwal]

I don't think so, even though combodia is the most indianized country in South East Asia

[@homomilleumbrae]

Its the etymological origin of the name cambodia

[@AnjuSingh-ov2qr]

Please make a video on the book the beautiful tree by historian Dharampal ji it's about indigenous Indian education system and dalit and women education system and because of casteism people defame and leave Hinduism please sir 😢😢😢😢

[@tivo3720]

Which is more older the Buddhist script or the Mahabharata?! Then how u can say that ... Oldest mentioned is in Buddhist text?!

[@JayVardhanSingh]

Oldest mention is in the Vedas, not in Buddhist text.

[@ankitsaxena6925]

Hello sir I request you please make a video for mediaval history topic I shall be highly thankful to you.

[@indianhistorybuff]

Check out the print, the guy who talks about history there focuses often on mediaeval India

[@manthanpandya7501]

​@@indianhistorybuffhighly biased guy he is, the whole print media

[@Rakshita442]

​@@indianhistorybuffhume neutral historian chahiye..koi leftist rightist nahi..

[@rashmikantsahoo1728]

I think they were Tibettians.They trade horse,woolen garments but not follow Aryan lineage indicateing it.

[@mockermuris]

bhoja was an indian kingŰ=kan, kam

[@Lotus-jf9fk]

THIND, Kamboj ❤

[@hantoh_.boliye]

kamboj is a place where Hing grow in its native state hing is given name kambojika

[@omsingh8625]

Running Tittles may pl be given

[@minoosethna4615]

Very interesting. The first great king of the Hakamanish (Achemenis), was Khambuj (Greek Cambyses). Any connections?

[@anujkamboj9929]

Yes , these are same with different name like kamboj, kamboh, kambiz, kamma, kambhujiya, cambyses, kambhoja, khambuj, kambhuji, kamoza and many more..

[@MubasherKamboh-rf9by]

Good

[@infedelin]

The title of the video is quite misguided, you should change that.

[@akbrahma7739]

Why is Gandhara and Kamboj not part of India? What use is power if we cannot restore our traditional boundaries.

[@rahulbhisesays]

आपके वीडियो तो बहुत अच्छे लगते हैं । पर आप जेएनयू से है , तो जरूर कुछ छुपा एजेंडा होगा ।

[@sovanduong1984]

WHY KAMBOJAS SOUNDS SIMILAR TO KAMBUJA KAMPUCHEA OR CAMBODIA?

[@DarpanKamboj]

Kamboj

[@tomcat4321]

The Bharat Varsha of vedas included the land of Afghanistan and parts of Central Asia too. Kambhojas are Vedic tribe. But as the video mentions, with the Persian conquest of Northwest Bharat, Kambhojas may have adopted Persian ways and were considered Malechas by Brahmins of that region. They are Vedic Kshatriyas through and through and perhaps even adopted Buddhism at some point like many parts of Bharat. Funnily all Kambhojas of the modern Pakistan are all Muslims. There are Hindu Kambhoj people in India too. 👍

[@akashsadhukhan2044]

Kamboja is the ancient name for Kabul. And also the Persians are also ancient vedic tribe. The very first known dynasty of Iran, the Madya (Medes) dynasty they were mentioned in Mahabharata as Madra Or Uttra-Madra kingdom. But the later adaptions of the Assyrian Gods by the Persians probably made them malechas to their vedic counterparts. And the Assyrians they also don't call them Assyrians, they called themselves as Assur. Are you getting my point?

[@witchilich]

"The Bharat Varsha of vedas included the land of Afghanistan and parts of Central Asia too. " What? Vedas only mention Bharata as one of the 50 tribes of Aryavarta. Its territory was between Ravi and Beas rives in Rigveda.

[@witchilich]

@@akashsadhukhan2044 I don't know how Assyrians calling themselves "Assur" turns them into a vedic tribe. We just used that word for demons, Assur was not even a vedic tribe. Mahabharata is not even a vedic text. It mentions hunas and yavanas and is written in classical sanskrit. Ofcourse, Iranian and Vedic culture had a common origin in Sintashta/Andronovo culture. So many of the tribes share similar names like Madra/Madya.

[@greaterbharat4175]

​@@witchilichnirukta etymology of word asur come from asu( spirits ,ra as radiant) hence radiant spirits asur word never used for demons until some mid purana and early medieavel bhakti period Asur in Pali and buddist scriptures mentioned as older gods Rigveda mentioned Indra as asur, Agni as asur

[@witchilich]

@@greaterbharat4175 and why are you suggesting the word is rigvedic in origin? Old Assyrian period predated vedic age.

[@weimaoweimao]

Make a video on Aracosia(Saraswat kingdom) and the Aracosians (the Saraswat people) and everything was Iranian they label everything as Iranian! But they were indic People! Kindly make a video on them! 😄

[@padmawangyal8572]

They are a Tibet tribe called Khamba which Kham people in east Tibet You need more knowledge about Tibet "little knowledge is harmful"

[@anjanpratapsingh727]

Medieval Odia sources ofteb club Muslim afghans of bengals as Yavanas

[@manthanpandya7501]

Jay, according to Wikipedia it's totally different than what you are representing here about Kamboj! They refer them as Persian in nature and followers of Zoroastrianism and were speaking Aramic probably!! So how can we say that they were following Vedic traditions in later vedic periods and later started following Iranian faiths!?! But confusing thing is that Anguttar Nikay does mention it as one of Mahajanpadas so may be it could be part of indian cultural sphere but after Persian invasion and under their control for 3 long centuries did they change their faith and language and way of life?!!

[@JayVardhanSingh]

Wikipedia is not the best source. If you want to do further reading, please see the references that I've mentioned in the description.

[@D__Ujjwal]

Bro seriously? Wikipedia?

[@manthanpandya7501]

​@@D__Ujjwalyes what's wrong with Wikipedia?! It's not always biased or edited ... You should also check that and their claims for Kambojas are not vague totally.... As a historian one must consider all possibilities to find the truth about past.

[@tvrulz46]

I would have thought that pre Buddhist era kamboja region was more Indic, probably part of aryavarta, but became mleccha territory as more foreigners flooded in and aryavartas borders moved further east. But welcome to listen to others elaborate

[@homomilleumbrae]

@@manthanpandya7501 Definitely

[@akashsadhukhan2044]

Isn't Kamboja= kabul? Just like Patuliputra= Patna or Tamralipta= Tamluk.

[@sahilsingh6048]

Kabul isnt kamboja ,kabul is a turkick word.

[@akashsadhukhan2044]

@@sahilsingh6048 Nope. It's not. And even the first persian king of ancient Persia was half kamboja. Cambyses I, the father of the Persian king Cyrus the great literally his name Cambyses = Kambojas. Can't you see it. Even the name Cambodia came from the word kamboja. This people group was really influential. And the people of Kabul are really descendants of these Kambojas. And it's evidence is the Pastun language which is an Indo-Iranian language and not a Turkic language. So yes Kabul is Kamboja and the people of Kabul are Kambojas.

[@Agnostic7773]

True

[@D__Ujjwal]

​@@akashsadhukhan2044I would disagree, since panini has also mentioned them, it means they spoke gandharan prakrit of sanskrit not an Iranian language. Even though they share similarity but there is a difference

[@unknownmaster5078]

No Kabul is not Kamboja. Kamboja is Bactria and Sogdiana

[@ABHAY_DEV_ARYA]

❤

[@anaesthete5592]

What's that in your pfp?

[@dsingh3495]

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[@deepblue3682]

Kamboj is in afghanistan -tajikistan

[@qnirajchaturvedi8823]

पाकिस्तान में कलश लोग भी रहते हैं उनका ओरिजिन कहां से है

[@PATRICX2000]

some kamboj people lookalike foregin People

[@punjabiraj2869]

Dwarka was a city in Pamir mountains these days its called darwaz

[@asmirann3636]

Dont write weird things. Dwarka was located next to the sea. Where is the sea in Pamir mountains ?? On top of this, Dwarka got submerged due to rising sea levels during the time of Krishna itself. All of this is mentioned in Mahabharata. There is even a submerged city just west of present day Dwarka. So you are making a coastal city into some mountain settlement, which is contrary to the history of Dwarka.

[@user-ri5tf8dq6n]

App hindi ma kho

[@gappauch]

कम्बोज not काम्बोज

[@JayVardhanSingh]

It is काम्बोज. Atleast do some reading of the Mahabharata before commenting.

[@findit.12]

Bhai ka bolne ka tarika itna casual he bc dekhne me hi bor ho jata he 😢🥴🥴😣😣😣

[@appannaammanna6935]

Abhimanyu and Upamanyu are mentioned in Mahabharata. Not in vedas. They belong to the later Vedic age.

[@user-sf3dj9is8h]

Kamboja is present day Cambodia these are fake camboja.

[@ariapinandita9240]

Nope bruh... It's an accepted version in Southeast Asia... Saka-Yavana-Daha = Sunda and Javanese Malaya-Kamboja-Champa = Malay in Indochina, Malay Archipelago and Sunda Islands The Malacca/Melaka/Malaka strait is the natural border between mainland Asia and Geeater Sunda Islands (7 main islands in Indonesia)... The center of our mandala is in Mt. Semeru/Mahameru in East Java...

[@ariapinandita9240]

In Bahasa Indonesia, Yunani = Greek and Yavana = Javanese and the people of Daha/Kediri in East Java... Yunan region in Mekong and Irrawaddy river is our second homeland after the fall of the Saka dynasty... I dunno the Indian version about this... But you can read it in Aji Saka/Ajiwaka legend... Aji Saka is our unifying figure who introduced agama tirta (some historians said animism and dynamism), aksara Jawa/Hanacaraka and Saka calendar... His birthplace is in Bumi Majeti/Kali Serayu river area in Jambudwipa...

[@user-sf3dj9is8h]

@@ariapinandita9240 yes, with little difference, here Yunnan (Arabic) and Yavana (sanskrit) are same which means Greek, they are considered as forigners, we worship every day about Bharatha Khanda (continent of Bharatha), Bharatha Varsha ( countries of Bharatha), Jambu Dweepe (Java & Sumatra) Kamboje (Cambodia), Champaranye (Vietnam and laos) Namami (bow to these lands) to bring prosperity to these lands.

[@ariapinandita9240]

After the Cholamandala-Sriwijaya war or nastika-astika war or the war of Nalanda, our ancestors moved the center of agama Buddha from Nalanda to Borobudur in Central Java... From then, our ancestors stopped the pilgrimage to India... We even abandoned Kalasan temple and moved the center of agama Siwa to Mt. Semeru in East Java (associated with the legend of Sanghyang Nilakanta or Sanghyang Girinata)... Malacca strait (Malacca = Melaka = Malaka = foreigners) between Sumatra and mainland Asia then becomes the name of the strait... Several centuries later, agama Siwa-Buddha with Aji Saka as our unifying figure during Majapahit Empire become majority in present day Indonesia... And Bhinneka Tunggal Ika Tan Hana Dharma Mangrwa become our motto until this very day... From Majapahit, to Mataram Islam Sultanate (the largest Islamic Sultanate in Southeast Asia) and present day Indonesia... It means Unity in Diversity, there is no duality in truth...

[@user-sf3dj9is8h]

@@ariapinandita9240 as per Burma it was Known as Brahma desha the country of Brahma and Thailand are part of Bharatha Khanda, these were also holy lands but with constant cultural interaction, and there are villages and town in Southern India with names like Irrawady (comes from the name "Iravathy" the female airavatha)

[@yoppindia]

India as an entity did not exist as an integrated entity for very long, we always fought among ourselves. so if somebody fought against a kingdom, we might as well call them a foreigner , unless there was a strong binding entity exist between fighting entity which is is higher than the reason for fighting. eg here we call Pakistani a foreigner, even though we speak same language and are of same ethnicity, we have fought serious wars over religion and land. we can call Nepali to be brother, because we also have a common religion and ethnicity binding us in addition to language, even though we fight over silly things once in a while.

[@gravewalker34]

Indian state is new but Culturally outsiders always referred to whole subcontinent as India. Be it Roman's or Greeks

[@anaesthete5592]

Not applicable in the case cause constant wars happened between other kingdoms also but only the kambojas are considered outsiders

[@yoppindia]

@@anaesthete5592 we cannot even say with certainty what their location is, may be they were constantly fighting with neighbours, so might be considered outsiders or foreigners.

[@anaesthete5592]

@@yoppindia that's not very convincing but I do think their location were further north west outside of the subcontinent maybe Tajikistan which explains their horse trade, and because of the invasions they probably got disconnected with rest of the Indians and got more close with the central asians culturally which made them outsiders in the later sources