Daradas

Daradas were an ancient people who lived north and north-west to the Kashmir Valley. This kingdom is identified to be the Gilgit region, in the Gilgit-Baltistan region (part of ancient Baloristan[1][2]) along the river Sindhu or Indus. They are often spoken along with the Kambojas. The Pandava hero Arjuna had visited this country of Daradas during his northern military campaign to collect tribute for Yudhishthira's Rajasuya sacrifice. The country of Darada has also been mentioned in the Rasa Ratna Samucchaya, a book dealing about Rasasastra

  1. ^ Jettmar, Karl. "Petroglyphs as Evidence for Religious Configurations?" (PDF). Archived from the original on 2017-07-30. Retrieved 2017-07-15.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: bot: original URL status unknown (link)
  2. ^ Jettmar, Karl (1980), Bolor & Dardistan, National Institute of Folk Heritage.