Tribes in Ancient India c50.354

c50.354

Hsüan Tsang says that south of the Ganges lay an old city above 70 li (about 14 miles) in circuit, the foundations of which were still visible, although the city had long been a wilderness. He notes that it was first called Kusumapura, and then Pāṭaliputra.⁶ The poet Daṇḍin speaks of Pāṭaliputra as the foremost of all the cities, and full of gems.⁷