MALECH

Malech (meaning "non-Vedic", "barbarian"), is a term, which referred to people of foreign extraction in ancient India.

Variants :

In Sanskrit, it is written but Latin spellings may differ e.g. Mleccha, Mlechha, Mlechchha, Malechchha or Maleccha.

Malech - an ancient word :

The term "Malech" was used by the ancient Indians much as the ancient Greeks used barbaros, originally to indicate the uncouth and incomprehensible speech of foreigners and then extended to their unfamiliar behaviour, and also used as a derogatory term in the sense of "impure and/or "inferior" people.

In ancient India, this term was also applied by the ancient Indian kingdoms, to foreigners. The word Mleccha was commonly used for 'outer barbarians of whatever race or colour'.

This term was generally also referred to all alien cultures that were less civilized in ancient times.

Among the tribes termed Malech were Sakas, Huns, Yavans, Kambojs, Pahlavs, Bahliks and Rishiks. The Amarakosha described the Kiratas and Pulindas as the Malech-jatis. Indo-Greeks, Scythians and Kushans were also described as malechs in some books of literature.

The law-giver Baudhâyan defines a Malech as someone "who eats meat or indulges in self-contradictory statements or is devoid of righteousness and purity of conduct."

In Mahabharat :

Military Campaign of Karn : Mahabharat, Book 3, Chapter 252.... And, having conquered the entire Earth East, west, north and south--that hero without any aid brought under subjection all the nations of the Malechs, the mountaineers, the Bhadras, the Rohitakas, the Agneyas and the Malavs. And, having conquered the mighty charioteers, headed by the Nagnajitas, the Suta's son brought the Sasaks and the Yavans under his sway.

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