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Allakappa and Vethadīpa: The first is mentioned as the land of the Bulis and the second as the native land of a Brahmin called Doņa. In the Dhammapada commentary, both of them are called kingdoms, the first being ten leagues in extent. Tho Sanskrit form of the first name would be Ādrakalpa, and that of the second Veştadvipa, Hiuen Tsang locates the site of Droņastūpa, that is to say, of Vethadīpa, 100 li south-east of Mahāsāra (Pali Mahāsālā, · Mahāsāla), identified by St. Martin with Masār, a village six miles to the west of Arrah. But the Brahmin villago of Mahasālā is located in Pali texts to the east of Kajangala in the eastern extremity of the Majjhimadesa. As for the identification of Allakappa, relying only ori a verbal similarity of names, fanoy may choose between Arrah on the right bank of the Ganges and Adra on the B.N. Railway.
Kesaputta: In the Anguttara Nikāya (i, p. 188) the Kālāmas are associated with a place called Kesaputta, which is a name apparently similar to Pāțaliputta, Seriyāputa (Barhut Inscriptions), Satiyāputa and Keralapula (Asoka's R.E. II). Buddhaghosa, however, suggests that both Kālāma and Kosaputta were nigamā or
1 Dhammapada-affihakathā, 1, p. 101. 2 Beal, Buddhist Records, ii, p. 65. $ Vinaya, 1, p. 197; Jataka, 1, p. 40.
