The Geographical Dictionary of Ancient and Mediaeval India c5.s5.54.6

c5.s5.54.6

It can be easily identified with Makhdum Shah’s Chilwa which was formerly called Śṛiṅgi-ṛishi’s *kuṇḍa*. Devadatta, Buddha’s first cousin, created a schism in the Buddhist order nine or ten years before Buddha’s death, and his followers were called Gotamaka. It was he who instigated Ajātaśatru to kill his father (Rhys David’s *Buddhist India*; Spence Hardy’s *Manual of Buddhism*; Sañjiva-Jātaka in the *Jātakas*, vol. I).