Political History of Ancient India, from the Accession of Parikshit to the Extinction of the Gupta Dynasty c9.s7.431

c9.s7.431

**Assaka** (*Aśmaka*) was situated on the banks of the Godāvarī.² Its capital, Potali, Potana or Podana³ is possibly to be identified with **Bodhan** in the Nizam's dominions. This accords with its position between Mūlaka (district round Paiṭhān) and Kalinga⁴ to which Pāli texts bear witness. In the *Sona-Nanda Jātaka* we find Assaka associated with Avanti. This may suggest that Assaka included at that time Mūlaka and some neighbouring districts and thus its territory approached the southern frontier of Avanti.⁵