Lampaka: The Mountain Kingdom of Laghman on the Kabul River Frontier
The Markandeya Purana lists the Lampakas among northern peoples, and early geographical scholarship connected this reference directly with the Laghman region. The same tradition groups the Lampakas with several lesser-known northern communities, reinforcing their identification as inhabitants of India's northwestern mountain frontier.
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