[Pramāṇa](https://indike.org/pramana/) › [Studies](https://indike.org/pramana/ins) › [General history and culture](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.general) › [Ancient Indian Historical Tradition](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.general.pargiter-1922) › c30.15 # Ancient Indian Historical Tradition c30.15 Ancient Indian Historical Tradition c30.15 - **Language:** English ### [c30.15](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.general.pargiter-1922.c30.15) According to these traditions royal power first developed mainly in the Gangetic plain, in the towns Ayodhyā, Mithilā, Pratiṣṭhāna and Gayā, with an off-lying branch at Kuśasthalī on the western sea-coast, and apparently two others on the rivers Narbadā and Tapti. The \*Mānva\* city Ayodhyā is made the most ancient,⁷ and these allegations imply that civilization was as far advanced (or perhaps more so) among the \*Mānvas\* as among the Ailas, when the latter entered India. - [Previous: c30.14](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.general.pargiter-1922.c30.14) - [Next: c30.16](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.general.pargiter-1922.c30.16) - [Up: c30](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.general.pargiter-1922.c30) --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/ins.general.pargiter-1922.c30.15](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.general.pargiter-1922.c30.15) · Pramāṇa