Tribes in Ancient India c32.167

c32.167

The Jātakas and Vinaya texts are full of details about Kośala. In one Jātaka there is a vivid description of a drought in Kośala, when the crops were withered, and ponds, tanks and lakes were dried up.⁵ Gangs of burglars, highwaymen and murderers were not unknown in Kośala,⁶ and the inhabitants were often carried away and killed by them.⁷ Their activities could not easily be checked, for the Kośala country included the forest-clad hills and valleys of the outer spurs of the Himālayas.