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	About Bareilly District (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-03)
		It was from Panchala region that the sage Yajnavalkya was invited in the kingdom of Mithila to enlighten king Janaka on various philosophical problems.
		This contest between the two indicates that whereas the Panchalas had soon realised the futility of sacrifices and were engaged in philosophical discussions, their neighbour Kurus were continuing their faith in rituals and sacrifices.
		BC, the Panchala was among one of the sixteen mehajanapadas of India.
	www.indianngos.com /districts/bareilly_about.htm (1306 words)

	Panchala - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		Panchala corresponds to the geographical area between the Ganges River and Yamuna River around the cities of Kanpur and Varanasi.
		The Panchalas occupied the country to the east of the Kurus, between the mountains and river Ganga.
		The famous city of Kanyakubja or Kannauj was situated in the kingdom of Panchala.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Panchala (319 words)

	E-gazetteer - History of District Etawah (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-03)
		It once formed part of the ancient country of Panchala which is said to have extended from the foot of the Himalayas in the north to the river Chambal in south, although it is doubtful if it extended south of Yamuna, the portion being included in Ajad Janpad.
		The Panchalas, thus, were a branch of the Bharatas, who belonged to the line of Puru of the lunar race.
		Panchala figures as the tenth in the list of the sixteen premier states (Sodasamahajanapada) of the time of Lord Budha and Mahavira and is said to have extended from the foot of Himalayas to the river Chambal which includes this district -also.
	etawah.nic.in /gaz/2.htm (12619 words)

	Panchala
		It has sometimes been identified with the Panjab, and with "a little territory in the more immediate neighbourhood of Hastinapur." Wilson says, "A country extending north and west from Delhi, from the foot of the Himalayas to the Chambal." It was divided into Northern and Southern Panchalas, and the Ganges separated them.
		Cunningham considers North Panchala to be Rohilkhand, and South Panchala the Gangetic Doab.
		The capital of the former was Ahichhatra, whose ruins are found near Ramnagar, and of the latter Kampilya, identical with the modern Kampila, on the old Ganges between Badaun and Farrukhabad.
	www.mythfolklore.net /india/encyclopedia/panchala.htm (245 words)

	ANCIENT (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-03)
		The name Panchala being used for the entire region, of which Kampilya (Kampil) was the chief city which has till then been the capital of South Panchala.
		Panchala figures as the tenth in the list of the sixteen premier states (Mahajanpada) in the time of Mahavira and Buddha and is said to have comprised the region covered by the present districts of Bareily, Badaun and Farrukhabad.
		The basis of the coins are generally believed to have flourished between C.100 B.C. and C.200 A.D. Kannauj was a famous and important city in the second century is also attested to by its mention under the name of Kangora or Kanogiza by the geographer, Ptolemy (C.140 A.D.).
	farrukhabad.nic.in /ancient.htm (611 words)

	The Mahabharata, Book 7: Drona Parva: Dronabhisheka Parva: Section XXIII
		Dhristadyumna, the son of the Panchala king, proceeded, borne by steeds of great fleetness in trappings of gold and of the hue of pigeons.
		That Panchala who was commander (of the Pandava army) and who took Drona as the victim allotted to his share,--that Dhrishtadyumna,--was borne by steeds of the hue of pigeons.
		That tiger among the Panchalas who is known by the name of Janamejaya, had excellent steeds of the hue of mustard flowers.
	www.ibiblio.org /sripedia/ebooks/mb/m07/m07023.htm (3484 words)

	The Mahabharata of Krishna-Dwaipayana Vyasa, Volume 2 eBook
		Then the son of Samyamani pierced the Panchala prince incapable of defeat in the battle with ten shafts, and his charioteer also with ten shafts.
		And soon the prince of Panchala afflicted his foe with five and twenty arrows, and then slew his steeds, O king, and then both the protectors of his wings.
		The prince of Panchala then, excited with rage, quickly taking up a mace, smashed the head of Samyamani’s son thus advancing towards him, sharp-edged scimitar in grasp and shield in hand, as soon as the latter, having crossed the shooting distance, was near enough to his adversary’s car.
	www.bookrags.com /ebooks/15475/638.html (570 words)

	The COININDIA Coin Galleries: Panchala Janapada (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-03)
		The Panchala janapada was located in Uttar Pradesh, originally stretching from the Himalayas to the river Chambal.
		Uttar (or northern) Panchala consisted of the Rohilkhand area, north of the Ganges, with its capital at Ahichhatra.
		Dakshina (or southern) Panchala comprised the area soouth of the Ganges and north of the Chambal, with its capital at Kampila, in modern Farrukhabad district.
	home.comcast.net /~pankajtandon/galleries-panchala.html (146 words)

	History of Mainpuri (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-03)
		According to Pauranic tradition,Brihadvasu, son of Ajamidha, a Bharata king of Turvasu family, was the founder of the kingdom which later came to be known as South Panchala with Kampilya and Makandi as its capitals, It stretched from the south of the river Ganga as the river Carmanvati (Chambal), obviously including this district.
		The principality of North Panchala seems to have merged into or become a dependency of the kingdom of South Panchala, and Kampilya, which had till then been the capital of the South Panchala, came to be its chief city.
		During this period the region, covering this district; which continued to be known as Panchala, was overrun by the yavanas (Greeks), along with the other parts of the empire, as mentioned in the Yuga purana, a section of the Gargi Samhita.
	mainpuri.nic.in /chapter2.htm (10212 words)

	Mahabharata Of Vyasa, A Complete Translation By Kisari Mohan Gaguly
		The king of Panchala can never be taken on the field of the battle by any of these.
		Then there arose from the mighty Panchala host a roar terrible as that of the lion, while the twang of their bow-strings seemed to rend the very heavens.
		The Panchalas and the Srinjayas, on the other hand, thus assailed by the Pandava, met him with a perfect shower of weapons of various kinds.
	www.bharatadesam.com /spiritual/mahabharata/mahabharata_01141.php (1855 words)

	A Treatise on Erotics (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-03)
		Babliravya who also happened to be of the Panchala country has been mentioned in Rk Pratisakhya as the author of the Kramapatha of the Rg Veda.
		In the text of the Mahabharata it is stated again that the author of the Kramapatha had been a panchala of the Babhravya gotra and the proper name of the author of the Kramapatha was Galava.
		Vatsyayana also stated that these sixty-four varieties belonged to the panchala country and were collectively known as Catuhsasti, the sixty-four from an analogy with the Rg Veda.
	www.indiangyan.com /books/otherbooks/finearts/index.shtml (2865 words)

	The Mahabharata, Book 7: Drona Parva: Drona-vadha Parva: Section CXCII
		He covered the Panchala prince with a thick shower of arrows, and filled with rage, mangled his angry antagonist.
		Filled with rage, the mighty car-warrior, Drona, of unbaffled prowess, by means of a number of keen shafts, cut off that mace, while it was on the point of being hurled at him.
		Without doubt, under those circumstances, the Panchala prince determined to make an end of that foremost of preceptors, that high-souled warrior.
	www.bibliotecapleyades.net /vimanas/drona_parva/m07188.htm (1417 words)

	LEADER ARTICLE<br>Revenge as Duty-Editorial-OPINION-The Times of India (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-03)
		it was at that moment that dhristadyumna, the son of the panchala king drupada, rushed at him.
		the panchala contingent of the winning army had gone to sleep, so exhausted as almost like the dead.
		for killing while he is asleep the murderer of my father, if iâm born in my next life as an insect, that is acceptable to me.â ashvatthama proceeds towards the panchala army camp.
	timesofindia.indiatimes.com /articleshow.asp?art_ID=514098644 (1075 words)

	Indian Myth and Legend: Chapter XII. First Exile of the Pandavas
		The warriors of Panchala arose to fight; their shouting was like the roaring of lions, and their arrows were showered as thickly as rain dropping from the clouds.
		Drupada, who sorrowed greatly, went to rule the southern Panchalas; he was convinced that he could not defeat Drona by Kshatriya power alone, which is inferior to Brahman power, and he resolved to discover means whereby he might obtain a son who could overcome his Brahman enemy.
		Yudhishthira spake to a troop of Brahmans, and asked them whither they were bound, and they answered saying that Drupada of Panchala was observing a great festival, and that all the princes of the land were hastening to the swayamvara of his peerless and slender-waisted daughter, the beautiful Draupadi.
	www.sacred-texts.com /hin/iml/iml17.htm (4708 words)

	The Hindu : Tension over Dalit's death
		The protesters pitched a tent across the Eluru-Jangareddygudem road, placed the body of the victim, K. Panchala (40), under it and squatted on the road, along with the bereaved family members.
		Rao, who was on a visit to his constituency, lost cool and admonished the organisers for `instigating' gullible people.
		Panchala of Ramannapalem was found dead under suspicious circumstances on Friday evening in a poultry farm of K. Rambabu, where he has been working for the past one year.
	www.hindu.com /2003/04/13/stories/2003041303620600.htm (192 words)

	Tales from Thailand
		Long ago, in the oldest part of Siam, called Panchala Nakhon, there lived a handsome young man named Prince Suthon he was the only child of King Athityawong and Queen Chanthathevi.
		Good King Athityawong and Queen Chanthathevi were proud of their son and were determined to find him a wife who was as beautiful as the rose and as gentle as a doe.
		One day, Boon, the most famous hunter in Panchala Nakhon, discovered the secret bathing pool used by King Tumerat seven beautiful daughters King Tumerat was a great king who ruled over the Bird People in the far north.
	faerymists.tripod.com /fytales/thailand.htm (2109 words)

	Yudhamanyu - A Panchala Prince - Indian Mythology (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-03)
		Yudhamanyu was born in the Panchala royal family.
		He was a great warrior, who fought on the Pandava side during the great Kurukshetra war.
		He made through the eighteen days war unscathed, but he was killed by Ashwatthama in the despicable night-time ride on the Pandava camp after the war was over, along with the other prominent Panchalas.
	members.cox.net /apamnapat/entities/Yudhamanyu.html (130 words)

	INDOlink Kidz Korner : Story of ARUNI (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-03)
		In this story, the faith of the student in his teacher is matched by the teacher's perception of his pupil's abilities.
		Aruni of Panchala was a dedicated student of the ancient sage Dhoumya.
		In the days of yore, a student had to stay with the teacher and help in the teacher’s daily chores in order to receive the knowledge he sought.
	www.indolink.com /Kidz/Stories/index.html (438 words)

	The Mahabharata, Book 1: Adi Parva: Swayamvara Parva: Section CLXLIV
		And the conversations of those princes, each worthy to lead an army, was exceedingly interesting they being upon celestial cars and weapons and elephants, and swords and arrows, and battle-axes.
		And the son of the Panchala king listened (from his place of concealment) unto all they said.
		The king of Panchala had been sad because he knew not the Pandavas as those who had taken away his daughter.
	www.earth-history.com /India/Mahab1/m01195.htm (603 words)

	India 4u - Horoscope
		PANCHALA The region which is now the Punjab.
		Draupadi, heroine of the Mahabharata, was a Panchala princess.
		The first human teacher of Kama wisdom, Svetaketu, came from Panchala.
	www.india4u.com /horoscope/glossaryp.asp (354 words)

	Mahajanapadas - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		The Kurus had matrimonial relations with Yadavas, the Bhojas and the Panchalas.
		Country of Matsya or Machcha tribe lied to south of the Kurus and west of the Yamuna which separated them from the Panchalas, It roughly corresponded to former state of Jaipur in Rajasthan, and included the whole of Alwar with portions of Bharatpur.
		This obviously refers to the Kasis, Kosalas, Kurus, Panchalas, Vatsyas and other neo-Vedic tribes of the east Panjab of whom nothing was ever heard except in the legend and poetry.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Mahajanapadas (3830 words)

	Panchkanya by Pradip Bhattacharya
		Her decision to proceed to Panchala is another step in that direction, aiming at winning Draupadi to forge a princely alliance with the traditional enemy of Hastinapura and challenge the Kauravas.
		In Panchala she chooses to stay in the hut of a potter, even lower down in the caste and economic hierarchy than in Ekachakra.
		Hence she plays that grim charade of pretending not to know what Bhima and Arjuna mean when they ask her to see what they have brought home.
	www.boloji.com /hinduism/panchkanya/pk13.htm (406 words)

	Sambhava Parva Section 140
		And like a Makara entering the sea, the mighty-armed Bhima, resembling a second Yama, mace in hand, entered the Panchala ranks, fiercely roaring like the ocean in a tempest.
		And, O monarch, Arjuna, like unto the terrible fire that consumeth all things at the end of the Yuga, began to prostrate on the ground horses and cars and elephants by thousands.
		Then the king of the Panchalas, accompanied by (the generalissimo of his forces) Satyajit, rushed with speed at Arjuna like the Asura Samvara rushing at the chief of the celestials (in days of yore).
	www.earth-history.com /India/Mahab1/m01141.htm (1827 words)

	ShaikhSiddiqui Bareilly
		The district of Bareilly lying between latitude 28 degree 1' and longitude 78 degree 58'k and 79 degree 47'E was once the part of ancient Panchala, which was bound by the river Gomati in the east, Yamuna in the west, Chambal in the south and on the north it approaches the Himalayan foothills.
		It was during the first excavations at Ahichhatra (1940-44) that the painted grey ware, associated with the advent of the Vedic Aryans in Ganga Yamuna Valley, was recognized for the first time in the earliest levels of the site.
		These Barelvi beliefs has resulted in the 'worship' of the graves' (Qabar Parasti) of Muslim saints and the year round celebration of the birthday of Prophet Mohammad, known as Milad-un-Nabi.
	www.shaikhsiddiqui.com /bareilly.html (1370 words)

	Kakaji.org - swamEnarayan-Mail edition 91 (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-03)
		Given in Swami Ni Vato 10/112, during the time of Swaminarayan Bhagwan, there was a sick devotee, named Kamalshi Vanza, whose family would not take care of him during his last days.
		Jinabhai, the darbaara (chieftain) of Panchala was a devotee of Swaminarayan Bhagwan, and he discovered Kamalshibhai's predicament while he was traveling in the town of Loj.
		He helped carry the devotee to Panchala, and put him up in his own room.
	www.kakaji.org /printedition.asp?id=91 (523 words)

	The Sampradaya Sun - Independent Vaisnava News - Editorials - The Mahabharata - Paushya Parva
		And the Rishi bade one of these disciples, Aruni of Panchala, to go and stop up a breach in the water-course of a certain field.
		And Aruni of Panchala, thus ordered by his preceptor, repaired to the spot.
		And having gone there he saw that he could not stop up the breach in the water-course by ordinary means.
	www.harekrsna.com /sun/editorials/mahabharata/mahabharata3.htm (5140 words)

	The Mahabharat translated by Romesh Dutt, Book2 (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-03)
		At the appointed time fire was set to the house; but the five brothers and their mother escaped the conflagration through a subterranean passage, retired into forests, and lived in the disguise of Brahmans.
		In course of time they heard of the approaching celebrations of the marriage of the princess of Panchala, an ancient kingdom in the vicinity of modern Kanouj.
		All the monarchs of Northern India were invited, and the bride would choose her husband from among the assembled kings according to the ancient Swayamvara custom.
	www.hinduwebsite.com /sacredscripts/maha02.htm (3371 words)

	Panchala Kingdom (via CobWeb/3.1 planetlab2.cs.unc.edu) (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-03)
		[edit] The higher status of Panchalas and Kurus in ancient India
		O king, go and tell my son Ashwathama not let the Somakas alone.
		Srinjayas and Panchalas were mentioned as separate tribes at many places.
	www.danceage.com.cob-web.org:8888 /biography/sdmc_Panchala_Kingdom (5269 words)

	Kingdoms of ancient India - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		Often rivers formed the boundaries of two neighbouring kingdoms, as was the case between northern and southern Panchala and the western (Pandava's Kingdom) and eastern (Kaurava's Kingdom) Kuru.
		Ahichatra was the capital of Northern Panchala where as Kampilya was the capital of Southern Panchala.
		Western parts of India were dominated by tribes who had a slightly different culture that was considered as non-vedic by the mainstream Vedic culture prevailed in the Kuru and Panchala kingdoms.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Kingdoms_of_Ancient_India (1501 words)

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