Topic summary
Kanyakubja
Extracted from the Wikipedia article Kannauj.
Early history
Under the names of Kuśasthala and Kanyakubja, it is mentioned as a well-known town in the Hindu epics, the Mahabharata and the Ramayana, and by the grammarian Patanjali (c. 150 BCE). Also according to the Hindu epics, Kannauj or Kanyakubja was the capital of Amavasu the son of Pururavas and an ancestor of Rigvedic sage Vishwamitra. According to the Valmiki Ramayana (Bala Kanda, Sarga 32), the city was originally founded as Mahodaya by King Kushanabha, a son of King Kusha and grandson of Brahma