The Cambridge History of India, Vol. I: Ancient India v1.c17.126

v1.c17.126

It is very noticeable that the relations of Kāçī and the Bharatas seem to have been those of war; and there is evidence of some aversion existing between the Kosala-Videhas and the Kāçis on the one hand and the Kuru-Pañchālas on the other. It is clear enough that the Brāhmanical tradition came to the Kosala-Videhas from the Kuru-Pañchāla country; but the question remains whether the Āryan tribes, who occupied Oudh and Tirhut, were a branch of the Kuru-Pañchālas or men who were originally settled in the Kuru-Pañchāla country or on its borders and were pushed eastwards by the pressure of the Kuru-Pañchālas. The evidence is not sufficient to pronounce any opinion on either view, and, as we have seen, still less to show that the Kurus were distinct from the Pañchālas as a different branch of the Āryan invaders of India.