Tribes in Ancient India c33.107

c33.107

Indian literature consistently refers to Kauśāmbī as a royal city, i.e. the capital of a kingdom; but in the *Si-yu-ki* of Hsüan Tsang, Kauśāmbī (Kiao-shang-mi) is represented rather as a country with its capital, which was ‘evidently named Kauśāmbī.’¹⁰ The Chinese pilgrim must have followed the later usage which represented Kauśāmbī as a political unit instead of as a mere city.¹¹