Geography of Early Buddhism c8.17

c8.17

It is stated in the Sāsanavaṃsa (P.T.S. 49) that in the 235th year of the Mahāparinibbāna of the Buddha, Mahārakkhita thera went to the Yonaka Province and established the Buddha's sāsana in Kamboja and other places. The Kambojas are mentioned in the Rock Edicts V and XIII of Asoka. They occupied roughly the province round about Rajaori, or ancient Rājapura, including the Hazārā district of the North-Western Frontier Province.