Pañcāla
Ancient Hindu kingdom of India / From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Dear Wikiwand AI, let's keep it short by simply answering these key questions:
Can you list the top facts and stats about Panchala?
Summarize this article for a 10 year old
SHOW ALL QUESTIONS
This article is about the historic kingdom. For the kingdom as represented in the epics, see Panchala Kingdom (Mahabharata). For the butterfly genus, see Panchala (butterfly).
Panchala (IAST: Pañcāla) was an ancient kingdom of northern India, located in the Ganges-Yamuna Doab of the Upper Gangetic plain. During Late Vedic times (c. 1100–500 BCE), it was one of the most powerful states of ancient India, closely allied with the Kuru Kingdom.[1] By the c. 5th century BCE, it had become an oligarchic confederacy, considered one of the solasa (sixteen) mahajanapadas (major states) of the Indian subcontinent. After being absorbed into the Mauryan Empire (322–185 BCE), Panchala regained its independence until it was annexed by the Gupta Empire in the 4th century CE.
Quick Facts Panchala Kingdom, Capital ...
Panchala Kingdom | |||||||||||||
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
c. 1100 BCE (in Late Vedic period)–c. 400 CE (in Gupta Empire) | |||||||||||||
Capital | Ahichatra (northern), Kampila | ||||||||||||
Common languages | Vedic Sanskrit | ||||||||||||
Religion | Historical Vedic religion | ||||||||||||
Government | Monarchy | ||||||||||||
Raja | |||||||||||||
• c. 850 BCE | Keśin Dālbhya | ||||||||||||
• c. 750 BCE | Pravahana Jaivali | ||||||||||||
• c. 400 CE | Achyuta | ||||||||||||
Historical era | Iron Age | ||||||||||||
• Established | c. 1100 BCE (in Late Vedic period) | ||||||||||||
• Disestablished | c. 400 CE (in Gupta Empire) | ||||||||||||
| |||||||||||||
Today part of | India |
Close