Tribes in Ancient India c33.110

c33.110

Kauśāmbī is described in the *Trikāṇḍaśesa* (2, 1, 14) as Vatsapaṭṭana, ‘the capital of Vatsa.’¹² In the Buddhist literature, too, Kauśāmbī is described as the capital of the Vatsa country, as also in the *Kathāsaritsāgara*.¹ The *Vividhatīrthakalpa* (p. 23) definitely states that the forests of Kauśāmbī were reached along the course of the Kālimdī (i.e. Yamunā or Jumna).²