Tribes in Ancient India c61.s2.21

c61.s2.21

Buddhaghosa’s description is also supported by the Aṭṭhakathā to the Ekapaṇṇa Jātaka, where we are told, ‘At the time of the Buddha, the city of Vesāli was encompassed by three walls at a distance of a gāvuta from one another, and at three places there were gates with watch-towers and buildings.’⁴ The three walls are also referred to in the Aṭṭhakathā to the Lomahaṃsa Jātaka.⁵