Political History of Ancient India, from the Accession of Parikshit to the Extinction of the Gupta Dynasty c9.s7.211

c9.s7.211

The **Vajji** (Vṛiji) territory lay north of the Ganges and extended as far as the Nepāl hills. On the west the river Gaṇḍak possibly separated it from the Mallas and perhaps also the Kosalas. Eastwards, it may have approached the forests that skirted the river Kosī and the Mahānandā. It is said to have included eight confederate clans (*aṭṭhakula*), of whom the old *Videhas*, the *Lichchhavis*, the *Jñātṛikas* and the *Vṛijis proper* were the most important. The identity of the remaining clans remains uncertain. It may, however, be noted that in a passage of the *Sūtrakṛitāṅga*, the *Ugras*, the *Bhogas*, the *Aikshvākas* and the *Kauravas* are associated with the Jñātṛis and the Lichchhavis as subjects of the same ruler and members of the same assembly.¹ The *Aṅguttara Nikāya*,² too, refers to the close connection of the Ugras with Vaiśālī, the capital of the Vṛijian confederation.