The Early History of India, from 600 B.C. to the Muhammadan Conquest, including the Invasion of Alexander the Great c10.11
The Early History of India, from 600 B.C. to the Muhammadan Conquest, including the Invasion of Alexander the Great c10.11
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c10.11
Gautama Buddha, although born farther north, in the Sākya territory at the foot of the Nepāl hills,² underwent his most memorable spiritual experiences at Bōdh Gayā in Magadha, and spent many years of his ministry within the limits of that state. The Buddhist and Jain books, therefore, tell us much about the Vrijjian confederacy, of which Vaisālī was the capital,¹ and about Magadha, with its subordinate kingdom of Anga (Bhāgalpur).