Arjunayana, Arjunavana, Arjunavayana or Arjunayanaka is the name of an ancient republican people located some where in Punjab or north-eastern Rajasthan. They emerged as a political power during the Sunga period (c. 185 - 73 BCE). In the Allahabad Pillar Inscription of Samudragupta (c.AD 335 – 380), the Arjunayanas figure among the autonomous political communities bordering on the Gupta Empire who accepted the overlordship of Samudragupta. They also find couple of references in Bṛhat… (More on Arjunayanas)