India As Described In Early Texts Of Buddhism and Jainism

Author(s): Bimla Charn Law
Publisher: Bimlacharan Law

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GEOGRAPHY
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other Uttarāpatha or Northern (better, Northwestern) Road, each lending its name to the region through which it lay1 Ukkatthā 2 was an important town in Kosala besides Sāvatthi and Säketa, and Nangaraka, a township bordering on the Sakya territory, Uļumpa or Medaļumpa being the adjoining township on the Sākya side. Setavyā on the high road between Kapilapatthu and Sāvatthi was the headquarters of a chieftain. Among other towns, mention may be made of Daņďakappaka,5 Nāļakapāna 6 and Pankadha.? The Pali texts speak of a few famous Brahmin villages, such as Manasākata (probably the same as Manayasītikada of the Soghaura plate), Ekasālā, Iochānangala, Opasāda, Nagaravinda and Venāgapura. As for other localities, these preserve the names of Toraṇavatthu on the road between Sāvatthi and Sākota, Palāsavana, a woodland at Naļakapāna, Caņdalakappa,10 and Nālandā.11
1 Barua, Old Brāhmi Inscriptions.
Digha, i, p. 81. 8 Majjhima, ii, Dhammacetiya Sutta. 4 Sutta-napäta, verdes 36-38; Digha, ii, p. 316. 3 Anguttara, iii, p. 402. & Ibid., v, p. 122. 7 Ibid., i, p. 236.
8 Law, Geography, p. 4; Malalasekera, op. cit., i, n. 696; Law, Srävasti, p. 11.
9 Samyutta, iv, p. 374. 10 Majjhima, ii, p. 209. 11 Samuutta, iv. p. 322.