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Rivers
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(modern Delhi, Ku. V1.96); Konkaņa (modern also Ku.VI.41) ; Soņitapura, Mithilopavana (VII.42), Gūrjara, Kaccha, Dvārakā, Kuņținpura (V.121) ; Devapattana (Somanātha XV.37); Vāśilā (XV.96); Madhumat (XV.90); Phalárka and Prākşaņi (XV.95).
(D) RIVERS
Ajiravati (VI.62). Ajiravati is the some as Aciravati. In the Buddhist literature, Śrāvastī is frequently mentioned to be situated on the bank of Ajiravati. Its another name is Airāvati.
Cunningham has identified the river with the present Rāpti in Oudh on the bank of which the ruins of Srāvasti have been discovered.
The river Airāvati flows through the districts of Bahraich, Gonda and Basti and joins the Saryu or Ghaghra, west of Braha in the district of Gorakhpur'.
Kundyā : Hemacandra has used the word Kaundeyaka (XVI.9). According to Abhayatilakagaņi, kundyā and Kuṇyā are the names of the cities or villagesa. According to some grammarians quoted by Abhayatilakagasi, Kundyā is the name of a river in Andhra Pradeśa».
Gangă (III.4; V.121). Hemacandra speaks of Gangā as
1. Bajpai, K.D. op. cit., p.11. 2. DV. XVI.9.
कुण्ड्या कुण्या च नगयौ ग्रामौ वा । 3. DV. XVI. 9.
कुण्ड्यान्ध्रप्रदेशे नदीत्येके ।
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