Geography of Early Buddhism c10.40

c10.40

Purikā is referred to in the Barhut Inscriptions (Barua and Sinha, p. 14). It is Pulika of the Mahābhārata, Purikā of the Khila-Harivaṃśa and Paurika and Saulika of the Purāṇas. In the Purāṇas, this is included in the list of countries of the Deccan. In the Vāyu, the Brahmāṇḍa and the Agni, it is mentioned before Daṇḍaka, while in the Vāmana, it occurs after Daṇḍaka but before Sārika. In the Khila-Harivaṃśa (Viṣṇupurāṇa, XXXVIII, 20-22), the city of Purikā is placed between two Vindhya ranges, near Māhiṣmatī and on the bank of a river flowing from the Rikṣavanta mountain.