The Cambridge History of India, Vol. I: Ancient India v1.c30.66

v1.c30.66

We may infer from the inscriptions at Pabhosā that, in the second century B.C., Pañchāla (Ahicchatra) and Vatsa (Kauçāmbī) were governed by branches of the same royal family, and that both kingdoms acknowledged the suzerainty of the Çuṅgas. The history of Kauçāmbī may be traced back to the time when the Pūrus (Kurus) removed thither after their capital, Hastināpura, had been destroyed by an inundation of the Ganges¹. We now find this city under the rule of a house in which Kurus and Pañchālas had no doubt long been merged.