The Geographical Dictionary of Ancient and Mediaeval India c5.s13.8
The Geographical Dictionary of Ancient and Mediaeval India c5.s13.8
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Yashtivana—Jethian, about two miles north of Tapoban near Supa-tîrtha in the district of Gayâ (Grierson, *Notes on the District of Gayâ*, p. 49) and twelve miles from Râjagriha. It is also called Jaktiban (Cunningham, *Arch. S. Rep.*, III, p. 140) and Latthivana. Buddha is said to have displayed many miracles here and converted Bimbisâra, king of Magadha, to Buddhism at this place. Bimbisâra ascended the throne at the age of sixteen; at the age of twenty-nine he became a convert to Buddhism and he died at the age of sixty-five.