It comprised of the neighbouring areas of the present Delhi and Meerut cities. According to Jain sutras, Ichhvaku was the king of Kuru state. Initially a monarch, it had become a republic in the time of lord Buddha but later on declined. Regarding the origin of the Kurus it has been said that they belong to the Puru-Bharata family. Kurus were the specific origin of people living in the Kurukshetra and according to the Buddhist text Sumangavilasini; the kurus came from the Uttarakuru. Testified by the Vayu Purana, the founder of Kurukshetra or kuru janapada was Kuru who was the son of Samvarsana of the Puru lineage. During sixth/fifth century BCE, the Kurus are believed to have shifted to republic form of government.