Public Administration in Ancient India c9.4

c9.4

In the Brahmanic period, the chief nations were the Kurus, the Pāñchālas, the Kosalas, the Kāsis, and the Videhas. The Kurus and the Pāñchālas were so intimately connected with each other that they practically formed one nation. The Kosalas, the Kāsis, and the Videhas formed a sort of confederacy, and their relations with the Kuru-Pāñchāla peoples perhaps were not always very friendly. The Kuru-Pāñchālas occupied the middle country (madhya-deśa), while the other three nations occupied the country to the east.¹