[Pramāṇa](https://indike.org/pramana/) › [Studies](https://indike.org/pramana/ins) › [General history and culture](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.general) › [The Cambridge History of India, Vol. I: Ancient India](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.general.rapson-1922) › v1.c19.s9.272 # The Cambridge History of India, Vol. I: Ancient India v1.c19.s9.272 The Cambridge History of India, Vol. I: Ancient India v1.c19.s9.272 - **Language:** English ### [v1.c19.s9.272](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.general.rapson-1922.v1.c19.s9.272) Another route south-west from Sāvatthī to Patiṭṭhāna⁴, with six chief halting places, is given in the Sutta Nipāta, verses 1011–13⁵. From east to west, traffic, as we have seen, was largely by river, boats going up the Ganges to Sahajāti⁶, and up the Jumna to Kosambī⁷. Further westward the journey would again be overland to Sind, whence came large imports in horses and asses⁸, and to Sovīra⁹ and its ports. Northward lay the great trade route connecting India with Central and Western Asia, by way of Taxila in Gandhāra (Pāli \*Takkasilā\*), near Rāwalpindi¹⁰, and presumably also of Sāgala in the Punjab. This great road and its southern connexions with the leading cities of the Ganges valley¹¹ must have been, even in early Buddhistic days, relatively immune from dangers. Instances abound in the Jātakas of the sons of nobles and Brāhmans faring¹², unattended and unarmed¹³, to Takkasilā to be educated at this famous seat of Brāhmanical and other learning¹⁴. - [Previous: v1.c19.s9.271](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.general.rapson-1922.v1.c19.s9.271) - [Next: v1.c19.s9.273](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.general.rapson-1922.v1.c19.s9.273) - [Up: v1.c19.s9](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.general.rapson-1922.v1.c19.s9) ## Linked texts (1) - [Suttanipāta](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.theravada.sp.khuddaka.suttanipata) — Pāli --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/ins.general.rapson-1922.v1.c19.s9.272](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.general.rapson-1922.v1.c19.s9.272) · Pramāṇa