Tribes in Ancient India c32.70

c32.70

With regard to the first of these questions, we have already seen that Ayodhyā is mentioned in the *Rāmāyaṇa* as the earlier capital of Kośala, and Śrāvastī as its later capital.⁴ Ayodhyā was an unimportant town in Buddha’s time, while both Sāketa and Śrāvastī stood out prominently among the six great cities of India.⁵