Kampilya

Location

Traditional site Kampil, Farrukhabad district, Uttar Pradesh

Capital of

Panchala

Note

Drupada's capital in southern Panchala after Drona took the northern half.

In the story

1. 7Drona, the tournament and KarnaA teacher of arms, the finest pupil, a stranger who matches him, and a fee paid in a kingdom
2. 9Draupadi's svayamvaraA bow no king can string, a target hit by a brahmana, and one bride for five brothers
3. 10Half a kingdom: IndraprasthaOn a journey's route · The Pandavas are given the Khandava wilderness and build a city; Arjuna's pilgrimage and Subhadra; the burning of the forest
4. 13The second game and the exileTwelve years in the forest and a thirteenth in hiding; the Pandavas go to Kamyaka

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