Historical Geography of Ancient India c6.678

c6.678

*Sumsumāragiri* (*Siśumāra hill*).—It was in the Bharga country (*Samyutta*, III, 1). It was situated in a deer park at Bhesakaḷāvana. It was a city and its capital was so called because on the very first day of its construction a crocodile made a noise in a lake near by (*Papañcasūdanī*, II, 65; *Sāratthappakāsini*, II, 249). Prince Bodhi, the son of Udayana, king of the Vatsas by his queen Vāsavadattā, dwelt on this hill, where he built a palace called Kokanada. According to the Buddhist tradition, it was the capital of the Bharga kingdom and was used as a fort (*Majjhima*, I, 332-8; II, 91-97). Some have identified it with the present Chunar hill (Ghosh, *Early History of Kauśāmbi*, p. 32). A rich householder who used to live on this hill gave his daughter in marriage to the son of Anāthapiṇḍika (R. L. Mitra, *Northern Buddhist Literature*, p. 309).