Geography of Early Buddhism c11.2

c11.2

The Prācya country lay to the east of Madhyadeśa, but as the eastern boundary of the Madhyadeśa changed from time to time, the western boundary of the Prācya country consequently diminished. According to Vasiṣṭha, Baudhāyana, Manu, and the Kurmavibhāga, the Prācya country lay to the east of Prayāga. But according to the Kāvyamīmāṃsā, it was to the east of Benares (‘Vārāṇasyāḥ parataḥ Pūrvadeśaḥ’), while according to the Commentary on the Vātsyāyana Sūtra, it lay to the east of Aṅga.