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શરિયકુંડ probably at one time the seats of three different clans."
Geography of Early Buddhism (P. 12) अर्थात्-वैशाली न केवल लिच्छवियोंकी राजधानी थी, अपितु सम्पूर्ण वज्जी संघकी राजधानी थी। वैशालीके अन्तर्गत तीन परकोटे थे।
__" Ajatasatru is called Vedehiputto or Vaideheputtra......goes to show that king Bimbisara established inatrimonial alliance with the Licchavis by marrying a Licchavi princess."
Geography of Early Buddhism (P. 13.) अजातशत्रुको वैदेहीपुत्र कहा जाता था। इससे प्रगट है कि बिम्बिसार (श्रेणिक)ने लिच्छवी राजकुमारीसे ब्याह करके लिच्छवियोंके साथ समझौता किया हुआ था।
“Mithila was the capital of the Videhas and is celebrated in the Epics as the land of king Janak. At the time of Buddha the Videha country was one of the eight constituent principalities of the Vajjian confederacy. Of these eight Principalities the Licchavis of Vesali and the Videhas of Mithila were, howere, the most important."
Geography of Early Buddhism (P. 30) अर्थात्-मिथिला विदेहकी राजधानी थी। महात्मा बुद्धके समय वज्जी संघके आठ प्रमुख संघोमेंसे एक थी।
('वैशाली' पुस्तिकाना आधारे)