Tribes in Ancient India c50.258

c50.258

Hsüan Tsang would have us believe that the name Rājagṛha was strictly applicable only to the new city built either by Bimbisāra or by Ajātaśatru, not far to the north-east from Veṇuvana⁹ (the old city being known as Girivraja). Fā-Hien too speaks of the ‘old city’ and the ‘new city’. By the old city Hsüan Tsang distinctly means Kuśāgrapura, and by the new city he means the city which King Ajātaśatru made his capital.