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]
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]