Geography of Early Buddhism c7.27

c7.27

Kosala had matrimonial alliances with neighbouring powers. In Jātaka (III, pp. 211-213) we are told that Dīghāvu or Dīghāyu, a prince of Kosala, married a daughter of the king of Benares. In Jātaka (II, p. 237 and IV, pp. 342 ff.) we find that Mahākosala, father of King Pasenadi of Kosala, gave his daughter in marriage to King Bimbisāra of Magadha. The pin-money was the village of Kāsi yielding a revenue of a hundred thousand for bath and perfume. The Kosala Saṃyutta (SN., I, pp. 82-85) and a Jātaka story (Jāt., IV, pp. 342 ff.) tell us that there took place many a fierce fight between the sons of Mahākosala and Bimbisāra, Pasenadi and Ajātasattu respectively. But the two kings came into a sort of agreement. Ajātasattu married Vajirā, daughter of Pasenadi, and got possession of Kāsi.