Historical Geography of Ancient India c10.46

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c10.46

Avantī was one of the most flourishing kingdoms of ancient India and one of the sixteen great territories (*mahājanapadas*) of the Jambudīpa. The country produced abundance of food and the people were wealthy and prosperous.¹¹ The Pali language, in which the books of the Hīnayāna Buddhists have been written, was, according to some, elaborated in Avantī or Gandhāra.¹²

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