The History and Culture of the Indian People v1.c19.s3.t2.3

v1.c19.s3.t2.3

The Pañchālas, the close allies of the Kurus as indicated by their joint name, were also a composite tribe. The name does not appear in the *Ṛigveda*, but the *Śatapatha Brāhmaṇa* states that the older name for the Pañchālas was Krivi which is found in the *Ṛigveda*. Weber and Geldner suggest that the Pañchālas represent the five tribes of the *Ṛigveda*; but this is not very probable according to the authors of the *Vedic Index*.²⁵