Historical Geography of Ancient India c6.393

c6.393

Kāmpilya was a very rich town⁵ and prosperous.⁶ A highly artistic tunnel (*Ummagga*) was dug out from the Ganges to the royal palace at Kāmpilya. The mouth of the greater tunnel was on the bank of the Ganges. It was dug out by many warriors and the lesser tunnel was dug out by seven hundred men. The entrance into the greater tunnel was provided with a door fitted with a machinery. The tunnel was built up with bricks and worked with stucco. There were many chambers and lamp-cells in it. It was well decorated (for details vide *Jātaka*, II, 329ff.; *Ibid.*, VI, 410).