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    Index to the Names in the Mahābhārata

    ☞ p. 5, col. 1.
    Aśmakāḥ (No. 47), a people: VII, 85, 3049 (Jayadratha-

    vadhap.) (in the army of the Pāṇḍavas); VIII, 8, 237

    (Karṇap.) (conquered and made tributary by Karṇa); cf.

    No. 49 (the passages seem to contradict one another; cf.

    Aśvakāḥ and VP. II, 164; perhaps dwelling near Avanti

    or Oojein, LIA. I, 708/857).