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Pakhtas
Ancient Vedic Indo-Aryan tribe / From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Pakthas or Pakhtas was an ancient Vedic Indo-Aryan tribe[1] living in the northern borderlands of South Asia.[2][3] They are considered to be one of the possible ancestors of modern Pakhtun people.[2] They are identified with "Pactyans" by Herodotus.[4]
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