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Geography of Early Buddhism c9.4

Geography of Early Buddhism c9.4

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c9.4

Asitamasā is referred to in the Barhut inscriptions (Barua and Sinha, p. 32). Cunningham locates it somewhere on the bank of the Tamasā or Ton river. The Vāmana Purāṇa mentions Asinila and Tāmasa among the countries of Western India.