Geography of Early Buddhism c7.34

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c7.34

In the Aṅguttara Nikāya, Aṅga is mentioned as one of the sixteen Mahājanapadas. The Vinayapiṭaka (Vol. I, p. 179) tells us that there were 80,000 villages in the kingdom of Aṅga, and Campā was one of them. In the Saṃyutta Nikāya (pt. V, p. 225) we find mention of the town of Apaṇa in Aṅga. The Mahāgovinda Suttanta (DN., II, p. 235) we find that Mahāgovinda built the city of Campā.² The same Suttanta also tells us that India was then divided into seven political divisions. The seven kingdoms with their capitals are named below:—

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Mahāvagga — Pāli
Piṇḍolabhāradvājasutta — Pāli
Aṅguttaranikāya — Pāli