پانچال
Sign in to savePanchala () 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
Key facts
- Country.native_name
- Pañcāla
- Country.conventional_long_name
- Panchala
- Country.era
- Iron Age
- Country.life_span
- –
- Country.government_type
- Monarchy
- Country.year_leader1
- c. 850 BCE
- Country.leader1
- Keśin Dālbhya
- Country.year_leader2
- c. 750 BCE
- Country.leader2
- Pravahana Jaivali
- Country.year_leader3
- c. 400 CE
- Country.leader3
- Achyuta
- Country.year_start
- c. 1100 BCE (in Late Vedic period)
- Country.year_end
- c. 400 CE (in Gupta Empire)
- Country.p1
- Rigvedic tribes
- Country.s1
- Nanda EmpireMagadha
- Country.p2
- Maurya EmpireMagadha
- Country.s2
- Gupta Empire
- Country.image_map
- Late_Vedic_Culture_(1100-500_BCE).png
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Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- Mahajanapada
- Country
- India
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- dissolved, abolished or demolished date
- 0400-00-00
- Commons category
- Panchala
- described by source
- Brockhaus and Efron Encyclopedic Dictionary
- inception
- 0900-00-00
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