Historical Geography of Ancient India c6.20

c6.20

The Buddha stayed in a mango grove at Manasākaṭa, a Brahmin village of Kośala, situated on the bank of the Aciravatī, to the north of Manasākaṭa, inhabited by many distinguished and wealthy Brahmins.¹ There was a grove of fig trees on the bank of this river.² A small stream at Śrāvastī called the Sutanu, which was visited by the Buddha’s disciple, Anuruddha, must have fallen into this river.³