Bahlikas

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South Asia
500 BCE

ACHAEMENID
EMPIRE

AŚMAKA

AVANTĪ

CEDI

PUṆḌRA

VAṄGA

RĀḌHA

SUHMA

KALIṄGA

SAVARA

ANDHRA

KUNTALA

APARĀNTA

DAṆḌAKA

MŪLAKA

VIDARBHA

DAŚARṆA

PULINDA

KACCHA

SAURAṢṬRA

SAUVĪRA

SINDHU

ŚIVI

KEKEYA

MADRA

AUDUMBARA

YAUDHEYA

TRIGARTA

ŚĀKYA

KURU

PAÑCĀLA

KOSALA

VATSA

MALLA

VṚJI

ŚŪRASENA

KĀŚĪ

BĀHLIKA

KAMBOJA

GANDHĀRA

MATSYA

AṄGA

MAGADHA

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South Asia circa 500 BCE, with location of the Bahlikas in Bactria.^[1][2]

The Bahlikas (Sanskrit: बाह्लिक; Bāhlika) were the inhabitants of Bahlika (Sanskrit: बह्लिक, located in Bactria), mentioned in Atharvaveda, Mahabharata, Ramayana, Puranas, Vartikka of Katyayana, Brhatsamhita, Amarkosha etc. and in the ancient Inscriptions. The other variations of Bahlika are Bahli, Balhika, Vahlika, Valhika, Bahlava, Bahlam/Bahlim, Bahlayana and Bahluva.