Geography of Early Buddhism c10.47

c10.47

The Pulindas are mentioned in Rock Edict XIII of Asoka as a vassal tribe along with the Andhras, and Bhojas. In a passage of the Aitareya Brāhmaṇa (VII, 18) the Pulindas are mentioned along with the Andhras; in the Purāṇas (Matsya 114, 46-48 and Vāyu, 45, 126), however, they are mentioned with the Sabares and are referred to as Dakṣiṇāpathavāsinaḥ together with the Vaidarbhas and the Daṇḍakas. The Mahābhārata (XII, 207, 42) also places the Pulindas, Andhras and the Sabares in Dakṣiṇāpatha. Pulindanagara, the capital of the Pulindas, was situated near Bhilsā in the Jubbalpore district of the Central Provinces. The Pulinda kingdom must have certainly included Rupnath, the findspot of one version of Asoka’s Minor Rock Edicts.