Studies in the Bhagavati Sutra

Author(s): J C Sikdar
Publisher: Research Institute of Prakrit Jainology & Ahimsa Mujjaffarpur

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Sec. III] STUDIES IN THE BHAGAWATİ SUTRA 533 and his followers. The Terumalai Rock Inscription of Rājendra Cola records two Lādhas, viz. Uttara-Lādha and Daksiņa-Lādha (Takkana-lādam) as two independent teritorial units.
It may be that in the earlier times Lādha or Rādha was a large unit which included. Subbhabhūmi and Vajjabhūmi, it is also found in later stage that the name Suhma gradually gave place to Rādha which was its synonym.
Lādha may correspond to the modern districts of Hooghly, Howrah. Burdwan, Bankura and major portion of Midnapore and some portions of Murshidabad districts.
Padha (Pandya)
Pādha of the Bhs may be identified with Pādham in the district of Mainpuri in Uttara Pradesha.
There is also a reference in the Asokan Edict to another Padha (pāda) along with Coda, Sātiyaputta. and Keralaputta which are located in the south. This Padha is identical with the Pandya country which finds mention in Indian and foreign records as distinct territorial unit with its capital at Madura.
Vajja
Vajja was the land of the Vajjīs (Vrijās) of the Buddhist works which lay with its capital at Vaiśālī to the north of the Gangā and extended as far as the Nepal hills; on the west it was probably demarcated by the river Gandaka from the territory of the Mallas and perhaps also the Košalas : on the east by the forests that bordered the rivers, Kośi and Mahānandā."
Vajja may also correspond to the greater Videha with its capital at Mithilā round Darbhangā.
1 John Allan-The Ancient India coins, p. 1. HR. E. S. II. XIII. 8 Astādhyāyi of Pānini 4, 1, 171 ; S.J.I. 1. 1. pp. 5, 59, 63, etc.
Mbh. Sabhā. P. Ch. 31. v. 17. ; Rāmā. IV, Ch. 41 ; Mark. P.
Ch. 57. V. 45. 4 A. I. Megasthenes & Arrian-pp. 162-163 ; Periplus ; Ptolemy
p. 183. * P.H.A.1, fifth Ed. p. 118. 6 Satapatha Brāhmaṇa, X1, 6.2.1. etc., Jātaka-6. 30–68, etc.