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Geography of Early Buddhism c7.s1.86

Geography of Early Buddhism c7.s1.86

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The city of Vettavatī was on the bank of the river of that name (Matanga Jātaka—Jāt., Vol. IV, p. 388). It is doubtless identical with Sanskrit Vetravatī mentioned in Kālidāsa’s Meghadūtam. The Vettavatī river is identified with the modern Betva, a small tributary of the Ganges.

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