[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) › c31.92 # Ancient Indian Historical Tradition c31.92 Ancient Indian Historical Tradition c31.92 - **Language:** English ### [c31.92](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.general.pargiter-1922.c31.92) By the time of king Brahmadatta of S. Pañcāla (pp. 148, 165) the collections of hymns appear to have been largely constituted, for they were definitely combined into a whole by his two ministers,⁶ Kaṇḍarīka (or Puṇḍarīka) and Subālaka (or Gālava) Bābhravya Pañcāla.⁷ Kaṇḍarīka is described as \*dvi-veda\*, \*chandoga\* and \*adhvaryu\*,⁸ and as the promulgator (\*pravartaka\*) of the Veda-śāstra.⁹ Bābhravya Pañcāla was \*bahvṛca\* and \*ācārya\*¹⁰ and knew all the śāstras;¹¹ he composed the Śikṣā¹ and instituted it;² he also devised the Krama, mastered it thoroughly and instituted it.³ This tradition is corroborated by the statement in Vedic literature that Bābhravya Pāñcāla was the author of the Kramapāṭha of the Ṛk-saṃhitā,⁴ though it gives no clue to his position or time. - [Previous: c31.91](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.general.pargiter-1922.c31.91) - [Next: c31.93](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.general.pargiter-1922.c31.93) - [Up: c31](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.general.pargiter-1922.c31) --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/ins.general.pargiter-1922.c31.92](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.general.pargiter-1922.c31.92) · Pramāṇa