Book Title: Life in Ancient India as Depicted in Jain Canons
Author(s): Jagdishchandra Jain
Publisher: New Book Company

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________________ GEOGRAPHICAL LEXICON 287 Guttha Ing+ha (cow-pen) Canakya is said to have been burnt to death by Subandhu.253 According to the Brhalkathakosa, this cow-pen was situated in Mahakrauñcapura which lay to the west of the forest, Daksinapatha. *** Its exact location is not known. Haladáma () Haladáma is mentioned as a land of heat (ātapurabhūmi.) 264 Hala is a town in the Hyderabad district, Sind.245 Are they identical? Halıdduga or Haleddusa-a village Mahāvīra arrived here from Sāvatthi and proceeded to Nangala. *** Its exact situation is not known. Hatthidita or Hatthijima-a fcrest This forest was located to the north-west of Sesadaviya, a water-shed, wbich lay to the north-west of Nālandā Lord Goyama is stated to have composed here a chapter known as Nālandaijja. *** Its exact location is not known. Hatthikappa or Hatthakappa-a city This town was visited by five Pandavas.968 Another reference to Hatthikappa is made in the commentary on the T'Harādhyayang. When Bāravai was burt Rāma and Kaņha passed through Surattha and reached the outskirts of Hatthikappa *88 Hatthakappa is identificd with Hathab near Bhavnagar in Gujerat. In the Vallabhi Grants 559.4 D.) of Dharmasena I, it is called Hastavapra Devav jaya in his Pandaracarita mentions that the mountain Raivataka was at a distance of twelve yojanas from Hastikalpa." Hatthinaura—a city Hatthinaura was situated in Kuru or Kurujāngala and was included among the ten metropolises of ancient India. TY 305 361 Bhatta , 162, p 30 363 143.76f. 304 Aca cü ,p 317 Sind Gazetteer, p 506. See Supra, p. 258. 167 Siya si il., 7.70, Thá. Ti 93, p 433a. Nāya , 16, p 199 f. 2, p 39 a Ancient India as described by Ptolemy, Mc Crindle, Cal., 1927, p. 180; algo Bechardas, Bhag, an Mahavira ni Dkarmakathao, p. 244. 168 169 370

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