Panchala

Capital

Kampilya · Kampil, Farrukhabad district, Uttar Pradesh

As the story opens

Neutral or uncommitted

Leading figure

Drupada · King of Panchala

Note

Drupada's kingdom, an old rival of the Kurus.

Side taken, event by event

Pandava Kaurava Divided Uncommitted

In the story

1. 7Drona, the tournament and KarnaSplit by Drona: he holds the north from Ahichchhatra; Drupada keeps the south at Kampilya and nurses his grudge.
2. 9Draupadi's svayamvaraBound to the Pandavas by Draupadi's marriage.
3. 13The second game and the exileTwelve years in the forest and a thirteenth in hiding; the Pandavas go to Kamyaka

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