Geography of Early Buddhism c7.68

c7.68

The ancient Cedi country lay near the Jumna and was contiguous to that of the Kurus. It corresponds roughly to modern Bundelkhand and the adjoining region. We are told by the Cetiya Jātaka (No. 422) that the capital city of the Cedi country was Sotthivati-nagara which is most probably identical with the city of Suktimati or Suktisāhvaya of the Mahābhārata (III., 20. 50 and XIV., 83. 2).¹ Other important towns of the Cedi kingdom include Sahajāti (AN., III, p. 355) and Tripuri, the mediæval capital of Tripurivishaya or Cedi.