Vedic Index of Names and Subjects v1.c3.s21.97

v1.c3.s21.97

The Pañcālas, no doubt, included other tribes besides the Krivis. The name seems to refer to five tribes, and it has been suggested⁶ that the Pañcālas represent the five tribes of the Rigveda, but the suggestion is not very probable. There is no trace in Vedic literature of the Epic division of the Pañcālas into northern (*uttara*) and southern (*dakṣiṇa*). The Śatapatha Brāhmaṇa⁷ mentions their town Paricakrā; other towns to which allusion seems to be made are Kāmpila and Kauśāmbi.⁸ Of their kings and chiefs, as distinguished from kings of the Kuru-Pañcālas, we hear of Kraivya, Durmukha, Pravāhaṇa Jaivali, and Śona.