The Aśvaka may have been a sub-group of the Kamboja tribe that is referenced in ancient Sanskrit and Pali literature, such as the Mahabharata and Puranas, and which were partitioned into eastern and western Aśvakas [REF].
L. M. Joshi also identifies the Assakenoi and Aspasioi of the classical writings with the clans of the Kambojas [REF].