Alternative spellings of this word include Chhatravati.

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Purana and Itihasa (epic history)

Source: archive.org: Puranic Encyclopedia

Chatravatī (छत्रवती).—There was in ancient Bharata a country called Ahicchatra. Chatravatī was the capital of that State. The country itself is also known as Chatravatī. (Śloka 21, Chapter 165, Ādi Parva).

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The Purana (पुराण, purāṇas) refers to Sanskrit literature preserving ancient India’s vast cultural history, including historical legends, religious ceremonies, various arts and sciences. The eighteen mahapuranas total over 400,000 shlokas (metrical couplets) and date to at least several centuries BCE.

India history and geography

Source: Ancient Buddhist Texts: Geography of Early Buddhism

Chatravatī (छत्रवती) (modern Ramnagar) also known as Ahicchatra, is one of the alleged ancient capitals of Uttarāpañcāla (Northern Pancala), one of the two districts of Kuru: one of the sixteen Mahājanapadas of the Majjhimadesa (Middle Country) of ancient India, as recorded in the Pāli Buddhist texts (detailing the geography of ancient India as it was known in to Early Buddhism).—According to the Divyāvadāna the capital of Uttarā Pañcāla was Hastināpura, but the Kumbhakāra Jātaka states that the capital of Uttarā Pañcāla was Kampillanagara and that a king named Dummukha ruled there. But according to the Mahābhārata, Northern Pañcāla had its capital at Ahicchatra or Chatravatī (identical with modern Ramnagar in the Bareillay district) while southern Pañcāla had its capital at Kāmpilya, identical with modern Kampil in the Farokhabad district, U.P. This apparent discrepancy in the two evidences is reconciled when we take into account that ‘a great struggle raged in ancient times between the Kurus and the Pañcālas for the possession of Uttarā Pañcāla.

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The history of India traces the identification of countries, villages, towns and other regions of India, as well as mythology, zoology, royal dynasties, rulers, tribes, local festivities and traditions and regional languages. Ancient India enjoyed religious freedom and encourages the path of Dharma, a concept common to Buddhism, Hinduism, and Jainism.

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Full-text: Ahicchatra, Kampilya, Kampillanagara, Hastinapura, Uttarapancala, Pancala.

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Mahabharata (English) (by Kisari Mohan Ganguli)

Section CLXVIII < [Caitraratha Parva]

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