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All ancient Indian belief and veneration were directed to the mid-Himalayan region, the only original sacred outside land, and it was thither that rishis and kings turned their steps in devotion, never to the northwest.

— F. E. Pargiter Ancient Indian Historical Tradition (1962)

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The river constituted the boundary between the Panjab and the Ganges-Jumna basin.

The next Druhyu king Gandhāra retired to the northwest and gave his name to the Gandhāra country.

Ancient Indian Historical Tradition (1962)

"There is a strong presumption in favor of (Indian) tradition; if anyone contests tradition, the burden lies on him to show that it is wrong."

Indian tradition knows nothing of any Aila or Aryan invasion of India from Afghanistan, nor of any gradual advance from thence eastwards.

Ancient Indian Historical Tradition (1962)

Indian tradition distinctly asserts that there was an Aila outflow of the Druhyus through the northwest into the countries beyond where they founded various kingdoms.

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