The track covered by Tripuri and the adjacent areas is undoubtedly one of the oldest regions known to Indian tradition. Recognized as the Land of the Chedis, which formed one of the Sixteen Mahajanpadas, the site and the legends associated with it has repeatedly been reffered to the Mahabharata, the Matsya, Padma and Skanda Puranas and several literary work of later age. Repeated archological excavations conducted at the site has proved its antiquity at least up to 1000 B.C.
