Geography of Early Buddhism c7.11

c7.11

⁵ The sixteen Mahājanapadas are referred to in the AN. (Vol. I, p. 213; IV, pp. 252, 256, 260). The Jaina Bhagavatī Sūtra, however, gives a slightly different list of them. They are: Anga, Banga, Magaha (Magadha), Malaya, Mālava, Accha, Vaccha, Kocchaha, Pādha, (Pandya ?) Lādha (Rādha), Bajji (Vajji), Moli, Kāsī, Kosala, Avaha, and Sambhuttara (Suhmottara ?). It will be seen that Anga, Magadha, Vatsa, Vajji, Kāsī and Kosala are common to both the lists. Malava of the Bhagavatī is probably identical with Avanti of the Anguttara. Moli is probably a corruption of Malla. The other states mentioned in the Bhagavatī are new, and indicate a knowledge of the far east and the far south of India. The more extended horizon of the Bhagavatī clearly proves that its list is later than the one given in the Buddhist Anguttara. (PHAI., p. 60.)