| GIBDAKAM Gabdik was a janpad mentioned by Panini.
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V. S. Agrawala writes that Patanjali makes clear makes clear the social status of the sudras in his time. Firstly there were sudras who were not excluded from Aryavrat but were living within its social system. Secondly, there was another class of sudras who were living outside Aryavrat and its society. He cites as examples (1) Kishkindha-Gabdikam (2) Shaka-Yavanam and (3) Saurya-Krauncham. Of these Kishkindha may be identified with Pali Khukhunndo in Gorakhpur, Gabdik with Gaddis of Chamba, who were deemed as living outside the limits of Aryavrat, Saurya with Saureyya or Soron in Etah district and Kraunch with the later Kraunch-dvar some where in Garhwal.
The Mahabharat mentions the Janpads in Himachal Pradesh such as Kulut (Kullu), Trigart (Kangra), Kulind (Shimla hills and Sirmaur), Yugandhar (Bilaspur and Nalagarh), Gabdik (Chamba) and Audumbar (Pathankot).
The Dhauladhar range (lit. The White Range) is a southern branch of the main Outer Himalayan chain of mountains. It rises from the Indian plains to the north of Kangra and Mandi. Dharamsala, the head quarters of Kangra district, lies on its southern spur in above the Kangra Valley, which divides it from Chamba.
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