[Pramāṇa](https://indike.org/pramana/) › [Studies](https://indike.org/pramana/ins) › [Historical geography](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.geography) › [The Ancient Geography of India. I. The Buddhist Period, including the Campaigns of Alexander, and the Travels of Hwen-Thsang](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.geography.cunningham-1871) › c6.s3.t25 # The Ancient Geography of India. I. The Buddhist Period, including the Campaigns of Alexander, and the Travels of Hwen-Thsang c6.s3.t25: Páwá, or Padraona. The Ancient Geography of India. I. The Buddhist Period, including the Campaigns of Alexander, and the Travels of Hwen-Thsang c6.s3.t25 - **Language:** English ### Páwá, or Padraona. ### [c6.s3.t25.1](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.geography.cunningham-1871.c6.s3.t25.1) In the Ceylonese chronicles the town of \*Páwá\* is mentioned as the last halting-place of Buddha before reaching \*Kusinagara\*, where he died. After his death it is again mentioned in the account of \*Kâsyapa’s\* journey to \*Kusinagara\* to attend at the cremation of Buddha’s corpse. \*Páwá\* was also famous as one of the eight cities which obtained a share of the relics of Buddha. In the Ceylonese chronicles it is noted as being only 12 miles from \*Kusinagara\*,† towards the \*Gandak\* river. Now 12 miles to the north-north-east of \*Kasia\* there is a considerable village named \*Pada-raona\*, or \*Padara-vana\*, with a large mound covered with broken bricks, in which several statues of Buddha have been found. The name of Paḍara-vana, or Paḍarban, might easily be shortened to Parban, Paban, and Pâwâ. In the Tibetan ‘\*Kahgyur\*’\* this town is called Digpachan, but as the meaning of the name is not given, it is impossible to say whether it is an original Indian name or a Tibetan translation. Between Pâwâ and Kusinagara there was a stream called Kukutthâ, or Kakukhâ,† at which Buddha stopped to bathe and drink. This must be the present Bádhi, or Barhi, or Bandhi Nala, which, after a course of 36 miles, joins the Chota Gandak, or Hirana river on its left bank, 8 miles below Kasia. ### [c6.s3.t25.2](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.geography.cunningham-1871.c6.s3.t25.2) ∗ See Map No. XI. for the positions of both places. ### [c6.s3.t25.3](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.geography.cunningham-1871.c6.s3.t25.3) † The first name is found in the Ceylonese chronicles, the second in the Burmese version. ## Cites (1) - [Kusinagara (Kasia)](https://indike.org/pramana/inp.site.kusinagara) --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/ins.geography.cunningham-1871.c6.s3.t25](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.geography.cunningham-1871.c6.s3.t25) · Pramāṇa