Kampillanagara, Kampilla-nagara: 2 definitions

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Source: Google Books: Geography from Ancient Indian Coins & Seals

Kampillanagara or Kāmpilyanagara  is the name of an ancient capital of Southern Pāñcāla.—The Mahābhārata mentions Ahicchatrā as the capitcal of Northern Pāñcāla, the river Bhāgīrathī forming the dividing line between the Northern and Southern Pāñcāla. However, the Divyāvadāna and the Kumbhakāra-jātaka mention two different capitals of Northern Pāñcāla, the former refers to the city of Hastināpura while the latter to the city of Kampillanagara. Kāmpilyanagara (or Kampillanagara), however, was the capital of Southern Pāñcāla.

Note: Kāmpilya is identified with Kāmpil on the Gaṅgā between Badaun and Farrukhabad, while Ahicchatrā is identified with modern Ramnagar near Aonla in the Bareilly District.

Source: Ancient Buddhist Texts: Geography of Early Buddhism

Kampillanagara (कम्पिल्लनगर) 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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