Tribes in Ancient India c9.15
Tribes in Ancient India c9.15
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c9.15
In the Pāli Buddhist Tripiṭaka, Śūrasena is mentioned as one of the sixteen ‘mahājanapadas’ which were prosperous and had an abundance of wealth.³ One of the Jātaka stories narrates how the Śūrasenas, along with the Pañcālas, Matsyas and Madras, witnessed a game of dice between Dhanañjaya Korabba and Puṇṇaka Yakkha.⁴
Linked texts (5)
- Uposathasutta — Pāli
- Vitthatūposathasutta — Pāli
- Visākhāsutta — Pāli
- Bojjhasutta — Pāli
- Jātaka — Pāli