Geography of Early Buddhism c10.48

c10.48

Satiyaputta is referred to in Rock Edict II. It has been differently identified by different scholars. Some identify it with Satyabrata-Kṣhetra or Kañchipura (e.g., Venkateswara, J.R.A.S., 1918, pp. 541-42), others (Bhandarkar and Aiyangar) with Sātpute, still others (Smith, Asoka, p. 161) with Satyamangalam Taluk of Coimbatore and yet others (E. J. Thomas, J.R.A.S., 1923, p. 412) who prefer to identify it with Satyabhumi, a territory which corresponds roughly to North Malabar including a portion of Kasergode Taluk, South Canara.