Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Kambojas (Mahabharata)


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The result was   delete. Jayjg (talk) 01:52, 27 December 2009 (UTC)

Kambojas (Mahabharata)

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Article is a mess of Synthesis, Original Research, and questionable (dated) sources, with the goal of making a POV fork. Most of it is about the Kurukshetra War, which is already sufficiently covered in proper articles. Priyanath talk 16:29, 19 December 2009 (UTC)
 * Delete per nom. GSMR (talk) 16:30, 19 December 2009 (UTC)
 * Note: This debate has been included in the list of India-related deletion discussions.  —Priyanath talk 17:00, 19 December 2009 (UTC)

This article is based entirely on  numerous verses from ancient Indian source Mahabharata. Each and every reference quoted about the Kambojas is found in the said Epic. The peoples who nominate this for deletion first need to read on-line Mahabharata and gain some basic knowledge about these ancient people. Here is the Link.


 * Kisari Mohan Ganguli translation
 * at sacred-texts.com
 * at bharatadesam.com

Also, to some extent read Some Ksatriya Tribes of Ancient India by Dr B. C. Law (Pages 230-252).

One can not simply delete an article unless one is inveterately prejudiced or ignorant.

Hey GSMR (talk) 16:30, 19 December 2009 (UTC), can you explain in simple words as to why you  want to have this article deleted?.

This article is not a Synthesis or Original Research or contains/quotes questionable (dated) (????) sources. If Mahabharata, Ramayana. Puranas etc are questionable Indian sources, them have all history articles on Wikipedia which quote these ancient sources on Indian History deleted from Wikipedia.

Google Books contain thousands of History books which have been written based on the ancient Indian traditions preserved in above ancient Indian Sources. Puranas and Mahabharata have been regarded more or less historical chronicles from Ancient Indian writers (P.E. Pargiter, M. R. Singh, K. D. Minshi etc).

67.182.188.93 (talk) 17:09, 19 December 2009 (UTC)


 * Delete as undue synthesis and original research. The Kurukshetra War article contains most of the content from this page. The bit that's not included is really undue -- The Kamboja's are mentioned somewhere between ten and twenty times in two parts of the Mahabharata, and mostly in passing, much less than many of the other kingdoms/clans, therefore there's nothing really to show significant importance of this. - Spaceman  Spiff  17:15, 19 December 2009 (UTC)
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