Historical Geography of Ancient India c8.356

c8.356

*Nālakagāma.*—It was a village in Magadha where Sāriputta died (*Samyutta*, V, 161). Some have located it in the eastern part of Magadha (*Vimānavatthu Commentary*, P.T.S., p. 163). This village may be identified with Nalagāmaka which was not far from Rājagṛha (*Samyutta*, V, 161). The name of the village, where the Elder Sāriputta was born, is mentioned in the *Jātaka* (I, 391) as Nāla. It is stated in this *Jātaka* that he died at Varaka.