Political History of Ancient India, from the Accession of Parikshit to the Extinction of the Gupta Dynasty c9.s7.107

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The Buddhist works mention a few other sovereigns of Kosala, but their names do not occur in the epic and Purāṇic accounts. Some of these kings had their capital at Ayodhyā, others at Sāketa, and the rest at Śrāvastī. Of the princes of Ayodhyā, the *Ghaṭa Jātaka*¹ mentions Kāḷasena. A Kosalarāja reigning in Sāketa is mentioned in the *Nandiyamiga Jātaka*.² Vaṅka, Mahākosala and many others³ had their capital at Sāvatthī or Śrāvastī. Ayodhyā seems to have been the earliest capital, and Sāketa the next. The last capital was Śrāvastī. Ayodhyā had sunk to the level of an unimportant town in the Buddha's time,⁴ but Sāketa and Śrāvastī were included among the six great cities of India.⁵