Geography of Early Buddhism c8.11

c8.11

The Jātakas testify to the evidence of trade relations between the Kashmir-Gandhāra kingdom and Videha (Jāt., III, pp. 363-369). In the Niddesa we are told (P.T.S., Vol. I, p. 151) that in Taxila people used to flock in the wake of trade and commerce to earn money. The king ruling in Gandhāra contemporaneously with King Bimbisāra of Magadha was Pukkusāti who is said to have sent an embassy and a letter to his Magadhan contemporary as a mark of friendship. He is also said to have waged a war on King Pradyota of Avanti who was defeated.