Alina people

Alina is the name of a people mentioned in the Rigveda.(RV 7.18.7) They were probably one of the tribes defeated by Sudas at the Dasarajna,[1] and it was suggested that they lived to the north-east of Kafiristan, because the land was mentioned by the Chinese pilgrim Xuanzang.[1]

References

  1. 1 2 Macdonell and Keith, Vedic Index, 1912, I, 39


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