[Pramāṇa](https://indike.org/pramana/) › [Studies](https://indike.org/pramana/ins) › [Reference works](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference) › [Puranic Encyclopaedia: A Comprehensive Dictionary with Special Reference to the Epic and Puranic Literature](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.mani-1975) › c9.3666 # Puranic Encyclopaedia: A Comprehensive Dictionary with Special Reference to the Epic and Puranic Literature c9.3666 Purāṇic Encyclopaedia: A Comprehensive Dictionary with Special Reference to the Epic and Purāṇic Literature c9.3666 - **Language:** English ### [c9.3666](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.mani-1975.c9.3666) UTTARAPĀÑCĀLA. An ancient country in Bhārata. Drupada became the King of this country on the death of King Pṛṣata. (M.B. Ādi Parva, Chapter 129, Stanza 43). In course of time Uttarapāñcāla came under the control of the Ācārya Droṇa. (See under Droṇa). In the Mahābhārata, Ādi Parva, Chapter 137, Stanzas 70 to 76 it is mentioned that this country was on the north bank of the Gaṅgā. - [Previous: c9.3665](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.mani-1975.c9.3665) - [Next: c9.3667](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.mani-1975.c9.3667) - [Up: c9](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.mani-1975.c9) ## Linked texts (1) - [Mahābhārata](https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.mahabharata.vyasa) — Vyāsa, Sanskrit --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.mani-1975.c9.3666](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.mani-1975.c9.3666) · Pramāṇa