Geography of Early Buddhism c7.13

c7.13

There is, however, also an epic account of the Majjhimadesa. An interesting account of the tribal characteristics of the peoples of different janapadas is given in the Karnaparva of the Mahābhārata. There the following tribes are mentioned to have been inhabitants of their respective janapadas named after them: the Kauravas, the Pañchālas, the (8) Vamsa (Vatsa), (9) Kuru, (10) Pañchāla, (11) Maccha (Matsya), (12) Sūrasena, (13) Assaka and (14) Avanti.¹ Gandhara and Kamboj, the two remaining countries, may be said to have been located in Uttarāpatha or the Northern division.