B. Lal noted that this Period of occupation ended with a great flood in the river, which washed away a considerable portion of the settlement, as indicated by the erosional scar on the mound.
[4] The Puranic text also confirm the great flood which washed away Hastinapur during the reign of Nicakṣu.
[5] In the excavation of Kosambi (1957-59) led by G. R. Sharma they find pottery belonging to the Painted Grey Ware.
[6][7] As Udayana, the King of Vatsa and the descendent of Nicakṣu, was a contemporary to Buddha and according to archeological proof of flood, archeologist B.
The Puranas state that after the washing away of Hastinapura by the Ganges, the Bhārata king Nicakṣu, the great-great-grandson of Janamejaya, abandoned the city and settled in Kauśāmbī starting Vatsa branch of Kuru clan.