Ancient peoples of Pakistan

The Yuezhi were an ancient people first described in Chinese histories as nomadic pastoralists living in an arid grassland area in the western part of the modern Chinese province of Gansu, during the 1st millennium BC. After a major defeat at the hands of the Xiongnu in 176 BC, the Yuezhi split into two groups migrating in different directions: the Greater Yuezhi and Lesser Yuezhi. This started a complex domino effect that radiated in all directions and, in the process, set the course of history for much of Asia for centuries to come.

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thumb|The Kandahar Bilingual Rock Inscription of Ashoka, in which the Kambojas are mentioned. The Kambojas were a southeastern Iranian people who inhabited the northeastern most part of the territory populated by Iranian tribes, which bordered the Indian lands. They only appear in Indo-Aryan inscriptions and literature, being first attested during the later part of the Vedic period.

' or ' ( ) is the Sumerian name of a prominent trading partner of Sumer during the Middle Bronze Age. Its identification remains an open question, but most scholars associate it with the Indus Valley Civilisation.

Huns in South Asia in the 5-6th century CE

group of Xionite and/or Hephthalite tribes who, entered India in the 5th or 6th century

thumb|200px|The "Yona" Greek king of India Menander I|Menander (160–135 BCE). Inscription in Greek: , lit. "of Saviour King Menander". thumb|right|350px|Yavana kingdom alongside other locations of kingdoms and republics mentioned in the Indian epics or Bharata Khanda.

Iron Age culture of the Indian Subcontinent

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.

Madra (Sanskrit: ) was an ancient Indo-Aryan tribe of north-western India whose existence is attested since the Iron Age (c.1100–500 BCE). The members of the Madra tribe were called the Madrakas.

ancient kingdom in South Asia

Kekaya (Sanskrit: ) was an ancient Indo-Aryan tribe of north-western South Asia whose existence is attested during the Iron Age (c.1100–500 BCE). The members of the Kekaya tribe were called the Kaikayas.

Khasas (Sanskrit: खश, ) were an ancient Indian tribe and a late Janapada kingdom from Himalayan regions of northern Indian subcontinent mentioned in the various historical Indian inscriptions and ancient Indian Hindu and Tibetan literature. European sources described the Khasa tribe living in the Northwest Himalayas and the Roman geographer Pliny The Elder specifically described them as "Indian people". They were reported to have lived around Gandhara, Trigarta and Madra Kingdom as per the Mahabharata.