Pakhtas
Ancient Vedic Indo-Aryan tribe
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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 sometimes identified with the "Pactyans" of Herodotus.[4][5]
