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Kirāta : A province of old Bhāratavarṣa mentioned in the  Bhiṣma Parva  of  Mahābhārata . Generally the Kirātas are known as the aboriginal tribes of India, and in modern days the Santal Parganas in Bihar and Chota Nagpur might comprise the old province named Kirāta.
Hūṇa : The area of East Germany and part of Russia is known as the province of the Hūṇas. Accordingly, sometimes a kind of hill tribe is known as the Hūṇas.
Āndhra : A province in Southern India mentioned in the  Bhiṣma Parva Mahābhārata . It is still extant under the same name.
Pulinda : It is mentioned in the  Mahābhārata , ( Ādi  174.38) viz., the inhabitants of the province of the name Pulinda. This country was conquered by Bhīmasena and Sahadeva. The Greeks are known as Pulindas, and it is mentioned in the  Vana Parva  of  Mahābhārata  that the non-Vedic race of this part of the world would rule over the world. This Pulinda Province was also one of the provinces of Bhārata, and the inhabitants were classified amongst the  kṣatriya  kings. But later on, due to their giving up the brahminical culture, they were mentioned as  mlecchas  (just as those who are not followers of the Islamic culture are called  kafirs , and those who are not followers of the Christian culture are called heathens).
Abhīra : This name also appears in the  Mahābhārata , both in the  Sabha Parva  and  Bhiṣma Parva . It is mentioned that this province was situated on the River Sarasvatī in Sind. The modern Sind Province formerly extended on the other side of the Arabian Sea, and all the inhabitants of that province were known as the  Ābhīras . They were under the domination of Mahārāja Yudhiṣṭhira, and, according to the statements of Mārkaṇḍeya, the  mlecchas  of this part of the world would also rule over Bhārata. Later on this proved to be true, as it was proved in the case of the Pulindas. On behalf of the Pulindas, Alexander the Great conquered India, and on behalf of the Ābhīras, Mohammed Ghori conquered India. These Ābhīras were also formerly  kṣatriyas  within the brahminical culture, but they gave up the connection. But the  kṣatriyas , who were afraid of Paraśurāma and had hidden themselves in the Caucasian hilly regions, later on became known as the Ābhīras, and the place they inhabited was known as Ābhīradeśa.
Śumbha  or the  Kaṅkas : the inhabitants of the Kaṅka province of old Bhārata, mentioned in the  Mahābhārata .
Yavanas : Yavana was the name of one of the sons of Mahārāja Yayāti who was given the part of the world known as Turkey to rule over. Therefore the Turks are Yavanas due to being descendants of Mahārāja Yavana.