Trade and Trade Routes in Ancient India c8.28

c8.28

From the account of these capitals in the Mauryan period it is apparent that the Grand Route took the same direction as in the time of the Buddha. On the Grand Route passing to the north of Kurukshetra was situated Hastināpura, Ahichhatra, Kuṇālā, Setavyā, Śrāvastī, Mithilā, Champā and Tāmralipti; on the southern Grand Route in the Gangetic valley appear Mathurā, Kampilla, Soreyya, Sāketa, Kosāmbī and Vārāṇasī. The names of other capital cities intimate the routes of Malwa, Rajasthan, the Panjab and Saurashtra.