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LIFE IN ANCIENT ENDIA
Dantapurama city
King Dantavakka is mentioned as the ruler of Dantapura,194
According to Pali literature, Dantapura was the capital of Kalinga Various identifications of Dantapura have been put forward. M. Sylvain Lévi identifies it with the Paloura of Ptolemy and places it in the neighbourhood of Chicacole. 196
Dasanna--a kingdom
Dasanna is counted antong the twenty five and a half Āryan countries with Mattiyāvai as its capital.
Dasārna is identified with Vidišā or Bhilsa region in Gwalior. 198
Dasannakūļa or Gayaggapadagıri—a mountain
The mountain Dasannakūda was also called Gayaggapadagiri (sec Gayaggapadagiri) A description of this mountain is given in the Avasyaka Cūrni. It was situated to the north-east of Dasannapura and is said to have been visited by Mahāvīra,197
Its exact location is not known.
Dasannapura or Elakacchapura—a city
Dasannapura was a centre of trade and is quoted as an example of thalapattana, where goods were carried by land.198
Dassanapura was also known as Elagacchapura (see Elagacchapura).
Dasapura-a city
It is said that when Uddayana, taking pajjoya as prisoner, returned to Viibhaya, his army, including the ten kings, was held up by rains, and halted in the middle of the journey where the ten kings, fearing an attack, built mud walls around them for safety. Later on, this place was occupied by some merchants and since then this place came to be known as Dasapura.190
Ajja Rakkhia was a native of Dasapura and from here he is said to fhave gone to Pātaliputra for study. 900
Dasapura is identified with modern Mandsor. 201
104 Ava. Nir, 1275, also see Suya., 1.6. 22. 196 PB I., P. 401 f. 190 GE B., p. 26. 191 Ave. Cu , p. 476 ; Ava. Ti., p. 468. 198 Nisi Cu., 6, p. 34 (MSS). 199 Ava Cup 400 ff 100 Ibid, pp. 394, 402. 30) C.A.G.I., p. 726.
