Panchala
Panchala Pañcāla | |||||||||||||
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| c. 1100 BCE – c. 340 BCE | |||||||||||||
Panchala and other kingdoms in the Late Vedic period. | |||||||||||||
Panchala and other Mahajanapadas in the Post Vedic period. | |||||||||||||
| 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) | ||||||||||||
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| Today part of | India | ||||||||||||
Panchala (IAST: Pañcāla) was an ancient kingdom of northern India, located in the Ganges-Yamuna Doab of the Upper Gangetic plain which is identified as Kanyakubja or region around Kannauj. 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. 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.