Kampil (ancient Kampilya) stands between lat.27039' N and long.79020' on the old cliff of river Ganga, at a distance of 40 kms. north west of Farrukhabad town of Uttar Pradesh and 10 kms. from Kaimganj, Tahsil. The epithet Kampila-Vasini has been applied to a woman of Kampilya. This name occurs in the Taittiriya{1} and the Maitrayani Samhitas{2} and the Taittiriya,{3}and the Satapatha Brahmanas{4}.Scholars take Kampilya as the name of the town known as Kampilya/ in the later literature, the capital of Panchala,{5} in the Brahmadatta jataka it is referred to as Kampilaratta (or Kampilyarastra){6} The Skanda Purana calls it Kampilyanagara{7} Ramayana compares it with the abode of Indra{8} The Mahabharata mentions it as the capital of southern Panchala{9}.
Keywords: Ancient India, Mahabharata, Avasyaka Niryukti, Metropolises.
