The Geography of the Puranas c11.s4.23

c11.s4.23

Region (a) (ii) south of the Gaṅgā contained two janapadas. The janapada between the Son (on the west) and the spurs of the Peninsular Block which press against the Gaṅgā at Mukamah (on the east), the Hazirabagh crest (in the south) and the Gaṅgā (in the north) was known as Magadha. The other, to the east of Mokamah spur and west of the Mandargiri Hills and bounded by the Gaṅgā in the north and the Rajmahal Hills in the south was the Aṅga janapada. The capital of the former was Rajgarha (or Rajgir) situated on a terrace of Barabar Hills while that of Aṅga was Campā (near Monghyr) located within a bend of the Gaṅgā which virtually surrounded the city on three sides.