Geography of Early Buddhism c7.s1.31

c7.s1.31

It is difficult to identify the cities named in this Jātaka. Sihapura, however, may be taken to represent Yuan Chwang’s Seng-ho-pu-lo, or Singhapura situated at 700 li or 117 miles to the east of Taxila. But this is a mere conjecture and the Jātaka story cannot possibly be surmised to relate to the Gandhara region. Hatthipura again, however, may be taken to represent Hastināpura, traditionally identified with an old town in Mawāna tahsil, Merat (CAGI., p. 702).