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The Kurus declined after being defeated by the non-Vedic Salva (or Salvi) tribe, and the center of Vedic culture shifted east, into the [[Panchala]] realm, in [[Uttar Pradesh]].{{sfn|Witzel|1995}} According to post-Vedic Sanskrit literature, the capital of the Kurus was later transferred to [[Kosambi|Kaushambi]], in the lower Doab, after Hastinapur was destroyed by floods{{sfn|Pletcher|2010|p=63}} as well as because of upheavals in the Kuru family itself.<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://kaushambhi.nic.in/|title=District Kaushambi, Uttar Pradesh, India : Home|website=kaushambhi.nic.in|access-date=2016-05-08|deadurl=yes|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20160513183352/http://kaushambhi.nic.in/|archivedate=13 May 2016|df=dmy-all}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.all-art.org/Visual_History/01india1.htm|title=History of Art: Visual History of the World|website=www.all-art.org|access-date=2016-05-08}}</ref>{{refn|group=note|The flooding of Hastinapura and the transfer of the capital to Kaushambi is only mentioned in semi-legendary accounts dating to the post-Vedic era, e.g., [[Puranas]] and [[Mahabharata]], whereas Vedic-era texts only mention the invasion of Kurukshetra by the Salva tribe as the cause for the decline of the Kurus.<ref>Michael Witzel (1990), [http://www.people.fas.harvard.edu/~witzel/vamsa.pdf "On Indian Historical Writing"]</ref>}} In the post Vedic period (by the 6th century BCE), the Kuru dynasty evolved into Kuru and [[Vatsa]] [[janapada]]s, ruling over Upper Doab/Delhi/Haryana and lower Doab, respectively. The Vatsa branch of the Kuru dynasty further divided into branches at Kaushambi and at [[Mathura]].<ref>[http://upgov.nic.in/uphistory.aspx Political History of Uttar Pradesh]; Govt of Uttar Pradesh, official website.</ref>