The Ancient Geography of India. I. The Buddhist Period, including the Campaigns of Alexander, and the Travels of Hwen-Thsang c6.s3.t21.17

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Another strong point in favour of the identification of Nagar with the ancient Kapila is the fact that the present chief of Nagar is a *Gautama Rajput*, and the districts of Nagar and Amorha are the head-quarters of the clan, as well as of the *Gautamiya Rajputs*, who are an inferior branch of the Gautamas. Now the *Sákyas* of Kapilavastu were also Gautama Rajputs, and *Sákya Muni* himself is still known amongst the people of Barma as Gautama Buddha, or simply Gautama. In the Vansalata* the Gautamas are said to be descendants of Arkabandhu, which is one of the names of Buddha given in the Amara Kosha of the famous Amara Sinha, who was himself a Buddhist.