Asvakas (Sanskrit: Aśvaka) were an ancient people from Gandhara, in the present-day Pakistan and Afghanistan. The region in which they lived was also called Aśvaka.
Asvakas (Sanskrit: Aśvaka) were an ancient people from Gandhara, in the present-day Pakistan and Afghanistan. The region in which they lived was also called Aśvaka.
== Etymology == The Sanskrit term aśva, Prakrit assa and Avestan aspa means horse. The name Aśvaka/Aśvakan or Assaka is derived from the Sanskrit Aśva or Prakrit Assa and it denotes someone connected with the horses, hence a horseman, or a cavalryman. The Asvakas were especially engaged in the occupation of breeding, raising and training war horses, as also in providing expert cavalry services. The name of the Aśvakan or Assakan is believed by some scholars to have been preserved in that of the classic Persian., with the name Gandhara, being derived from Asvakan.
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