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by Aritthanemi, Bäravai was destroyed due to excessive drinking and by fire. Bāravai was a sea-port and being a centre of trade, was visited by various merchants and tradesmen.
12 VIDEHA (MIHILĀ) Lord Mahāvira was born in Videha which is identified with modern Tirhut.
Mihila, which is identified with Janakpur within the border of Nepal, was included among the ten capital cities of Jain India. It is mentioned that this town was visited by Mahāvīra and Ajja Mahāgıri.
13 VACCHA (KOSAMBI) Vaccha was known as Vamsa or Vatsa in the Buddhist literature ; it was the region near Prayag.
Kosambi, which is identified with Kosam in Allahabad district, was included among the ten capitals of Jain India It was situated on the bank of the river Jumna It is said that Kosambi was visited by Pāsa, Mahāvíra, Ajja Suhatthi and Ajja Mahāgiri.
King Sayāniya was a well-known ruler of Kosambi. After he died, Udayana ascended the throne and governed the kingdom.
14 SANDIBBHA OR SANDILYA (NANDIPURA)
Sāndilya may be identified with Sandilla, a town in Oudh. Nandipura may be identified with Nundgaon in Oudh
10 MALAYA (BHADDILAPURA)
Malaya, which was located in south of Magadha, was counted among the sixteen Janapadas.
Bhaddilapura, which is identified with the Kuluha hill in the Hazaribagh district, was the birthplace of the tenth Titthayara and was visited by Mahāvīra, who is said to have passed fifth rainy season here.
16 VACCHA OR MATSYA (VAIRĀDA). Matsya is identificd with modern Alwar and Jaipur territories
Vairāda is identified with the region forty one miles to the north of Jaipur.
17 VARANĀ OR VARUNĀ (ACCHĀ) Varană was known by the name of Uccänagara which is identified with Bulandshahar in the United Provinces Uccānagari is mentioned as a sāhā of the Jain sramaņas.
Acchā is included among the sixteen Janapadas.
