Geography of Early Buddhism c9.11

c9.11

Vijaya, son of King Sihavāhu of Lālaraṭṭha in Western India, was driven out of the kingdom of Naggadīpa. his father. He with his 700 men was thrown into the sea in boats. Their wives also shared the same fate. Vijaya with his followers landed in the Naggadīpa and the women in the Mahilādīpa. Vijaya with his men again sailed from Naggadīpa and reached Suppāraka and thence went to Sihaladīpa (Mv., p. 60). It is interesting to note that Yuan Chwang speaks of a kingdom in the north-west India Khuramāla, a sea. Merchants who set sail from Bharukaccha had to go through the Khuramāla sea. Here, it is stated, fishes with bodies like men, and sharp razor-like spouts, dive in and out of the water (Suppāraka Jātaka, Jāt., Vol. IV).