Geography of Early Buddhism c7.s1.83

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Usināra. There are numerous references to Usinārā in Pāli literature. In the Divyāvadāna (p. 22) mention is made of Usiragiri. Dr. Roy Chaudhuri rightly points out that Usinaragiri mentioned in the Kathāsaritsāgara is doubtless identical with Usiragiri of the Divyāvadāna and Usiradhaja of the Vinaya Texts (S.B.E., Pt. II, p. 39) where it has been described as the northern boundary of the Buddhist Majjhimadesa. It was a mountain to the north of Kaṅkhal (Hultzsch in IA., 1905, p. 179).