Historical Geography of Ancient India c8.358

c8.358

The distance of Rājagṛha (modern Rājgir) to Nālandā is one *yojana* (*Sumaṅgalavilāsinī*, I, 35). But according to the *Mahāvastu*, it is situated at a distance of half a *yojana* from Rājagṛha (Vol. III, 56) and it is described therein as a rich village. It is identified with modern Baragaon, seven miles to the north-west of Rājgir in the district of Patna (Cunningham, *Ancient Geography*, S. N. Majumdar’s ed., p. 537). There was a road from Rājagṛha to Nālandā and the Buddha took this road in course of his journey. Gautama was seen seated on this road (*Samyutta Nikāya*, II, p. 220).