Tribes in Ancient India c14.20

c14.20

A mountain named Usīragiri or Usīraddhaja is referred to in the *Divyāvadāna* (p. 22) and elsewhere; and Dr. H. C. Ray Chaudhuri points out that this may be identical with the Uśīnaragiri mentioned in the *Kathāsaritsāgara* (Ed. Durgāprasād and Kāśīnāth, 3rd Edn., p. 5). Uśīnaragiri is placed near Kanakhala,⁷ and Usīraddhaja is mentioned in the *Vinaya Piṭaka*⁸ as forming the northern boundary of the Middle Country; accordingly, it is possible that the two are identical and associated with the Uśīnara country.