Tribes in Ancient India c53.105

c53.105

It is stated in the Mahāvaṃsa Ṭīkā that during the lifetime of the Buddha some Śākyas, being oppressed by Viḍūḍabha, fled to the Himalayas, where they built a beautiful city, which was known as Moriyanagara (Mauryanagara), because the spot always resounded with the cries of peacocks.⁵ The Buddhists hold that Aśoka and the Buddha were of the same family, as the former was descended from Candragupta, who was a son of the queen of one of the kings of Moriyanagara.⁶