Geography of Early Buddhism c7.s1.7
Geography of Early Buddhism c7.s1.7
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c7.s1.7
The country of the Matsyas (RV., VII, 18, 6; Gopatha Br., I, 2, 9, Bibliotheca Indica Series) lay to the south or south-west of Indraprastha and to the south of Sūrasena. The capital of the Matsya country was Virāṭanagara or Vairāṭ, so called because it was the capital of Virāṭa, King of the Matsyas.
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- Ṛgvedasaṃhitā — Sanskrit
- Gopathabrāhmaṇa — Sanskrit