Geography of Early Buddhism c8.18

c8.18

Janapadas, Nigamas, Puras, Gāmas, etc.—Alasanda. The Mahāvaṃsa (Geiger's tr., p. 194) refers to the town of Alasanda which was the chief city of the Yona territory. Geiger identifies Alasanda with the town of Alexandria founded by Alexander near Kabul in the Paropanisadae country. In the Milindapañho, however, Alasanda has been described as an island where in the village of Kalasigāma King Milinda was born (Trenckner, Milindapañho, pp. 82 and 83; CHI., p. 550).