Pauravas

The Pauravas were an ancient tribe in the northern Indus valley, to which Raja Porus may have belonged.

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Former country.common_name: Pauravas
Former country.conventional_long_name: Pauravas
Former country.image_map2: Indian tribes between the Indus and the Ganges.jpg
Former country.map_caption2: Location of the Pauravas relative to other groups: the Audumbaras, the Kunindas, the Vemakas, the Vrishnis, and the Yaudheyas.
Former country.year_start: 250 BCE
Former country.year_end: 100 BCE
Former country.government_type: Monarchy
Former country.today: PakistanIndia

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inception: 0890-00-00
dissolved, abolished or demolished date: 0322-00-00

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Puru and Alexander story
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The Pauravas were an ancient tribe in the northern Indus valley, to which Raja Porus may have belonged.

==Origins== The origins of the Pauravas are still disputed. The Pauravas may be related to the Puru tribe, due to the closeness of the names. However, the Pauravas referred to in Indic literature are a much older kingdom, and in a different region geographically.