The Geography of the Puranas c11.s1.8

c11.s1.8

Pāñcāla. The janapada of Pāñcāla may be considered as coterminous with Rohilkhaṇḍ of modern times, with the central portion of the Yamunā-Gaṅgā doab added to it. It extended from the Gaṅgā in the west to the Sarju on the east and occupied only the northern half of their doab and the middle portion of the Yamunā and Gaṅgā doabs. It had two divisions, the northern with its capital at Ahicchatra and the southern, with its capital at Kampila. They have been identified as Rāmnagar (in the Bareilly district) and Kāmpilya (in the Furrukhabad district) respectively. The dividing line between the Northern and Southern Pāñcāla was the river Gaṅgā. The southern boundary of the Pāñcāla territory again coincided with the forest belts already mentioned above.