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According to the ‘Mahâbhârata,’ the great kingdom of Pánchála extended from the Himâlaya mountains to the Chambal river. The capital of north Pánchála, or Rohilkhand, was Ahi-chhatra, and that of south Pánchála, or the Central Gangetic Doab, was Kámpilya, now Kampil, on the old Ganges between Budaon and Farokhabad. Just before the great war, or about 1430 B.C., the king of Pánchála, named Drupada, was conquered by Drona, the preceptor of the five Pândus. Drona retained north Pánchála for himself, but restored the southern half of the kingdom to Drupada. According to this account, the name of Ahi-chhatra, and consequently also the legend of Adi Raja and the serpent, are many centuries anterior to the rise of Buddhism.