Tribes in Ancient India c8.41

c8.41

Many are the stories told about the Pañcālas and their dealings with the Kurus. In the Ādiparvan⁵ we read that there was a king named Sambarana, father of Kuru, of the Puru dynasty, who was the ruler of the world. At one time his kingdom was much afflicted, his subjects died, and disorder prevailed everywhere. The kingdom was afterwards conquered by the King of Pañcāla, and Sambarana fled with his wife and children to a forest on the banks of the river Sindhu.