Historical Geography of Ancient India c6.566

c6.566

Moriyanagara.—This city was built by some Śākyas when they fled to the Himalayas being oppressed by king Viḍūḍabha, son of king Pasenadi of Kosala (*Mahāvaṃsa-ṭīkā*, Sinhalese Ed., pp. 119-21). It stood around a lake in a forest tract abounding in peepul trees. It is now generally accepted that Candragupta, grandfather of Aśoka the Great, belonged to the Moriyan clan which had its seat of Government at Pipphalivana. The place where this city was founded was always resounded with the cries of peacocks. (*Mahāvaṃsa-ṭīkā*, Sinhalese Ed., pp. 119-21). The Moriyas of Pipphalivana obtained a share of the Buddha’s relics and built a stūpa over them. (*Dīgha*, II, 167.)