Name of the area in
Uttar Pradesh that corresponds to the state's central region, focused on the
Ganges River valley surrounding Kanauj.
Panchala was attested as a kingdom as early as the sixth
century B.C.E., and despite being a vassal of large empires like the Mauryas
(4th–3rd c. B.C.E. ), it kept its independence until the third century.
