Uttamabhadras

[1] Uttamabhadras originally were people of Balkh who had entered India in Vedic times.

[2] King Shalya had taken part in the Mahabharata war, on behalf of the Kauravas.

Epic also refers to king Ashvapati of Madra, the beloved of the Paura Janapadas, who was father of Savitri.

[3] Circa 120 CE, the Uttamabhadras are mentioned as allies of the Western Satraps in repulsing an attack by the Malavas, whom they crushed.

[4] The claim appears in an inscription at the Nashik Caves, made by the Nahapana's viceroy Ushavadata: ...And by order of the lord I went to release the chief of the Uttamabhadras, who had been besieged for the rainy season by the Malayas, and those Malayas fled at the mere roar (of my approaching) as it were, and were all made prisoners of the Uttamabhadra warriors.