Historical Geography of Ancient India c8.116
Historical Geography of Ancient India c8.116
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c8.116
*Ālavi*.—As a principality it was included in the Kośalan empire. This town was 30 yojanas from Śrāvastī and 12 from Benaras (Watters, *On Yuan Chwang*, II, 61). It lay between Śrāvastī and Rājagṛha. The way from Śrāvastī to Ālavi lay through Kiṭāgiri (*Vinaya*, II, 170ff.). Some think that Ālavi was on the Ganges. According to some, it is identical with Newal or Nawal in Unao district in U.P., while according to others, it is Aviwa, 27 miles north-east of Etwah. There was a shrine called the Aggālava Cetiya near the town of Ālavi where the Buddha once dwelt (*Jātaka*, I, 160).