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The '''''Aśvaka''''' ([[Sanskrit language|Sanskrit]]: अश्वक), also known as the '''Ashvakan''', '''Aśvakayana''', or '''Asvayana''' and sometimes [[Latinisation of names|Latinised]] as '''Assacenii''', '''Assacani''', or '''Aspasii''' or '''Aspii''', were a people who lived in what is now northern [[PakistanAfghanistan]]. The region in which they lived was also called ''Aśvaka''.<ref>{{cite book |title=Geography from Ancient Indian Coins & Seals |first=Parmanand |last=Gupta |publisher=Concept Publishing Company |year=1989 |isbn=978-8-17022-248-4 |pages=17–18 |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=LzHpZ5N5MhcC&pg=PA17}}</ref> In the modern day, Asvaka is believed to have been preserved in the modern day [[Pashtun]], with the term Afghan also being derived from Asvakan.