Geography of Early Buddhism c8.29

c8.29

From the Divyāvadāna (p. 371) it appears that Takkasilā was included in the empire of Bindusāra of Magadha, father of Asoka. Once when during his reign there was a rebellion in Takkasilā, he sent his son Asoka to put down the rising. From the minor Rock Edict II of Asoka it seems that Takkasilā was the headquarter of the Provincial Government at Gandhāra and was placed under a kumāra or viceroy. According to the Divyāvadāna, a rebellion again broke out in Takkasilā during the reign of Asoka, and the latter sent his son Kunāla to put down the disturbances.