Historical Geography of Ancient India c8.395

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c8.395

Hiuen Tsang the great Chinese traveller gives an account of the legendary origin of the name of the city (Watters, *On Yuan Chwang*, Vol. II, p. 87). According to Jaina tradition Udaya, the son of Darśaka, built this city. The first beginnings were made by the Magadhan monarch, Ajātaśatru. The Buddha, while on his way to Vaiśālī from Magadha, saw Ajātaśatru’s ministers measuring out a town (vide, *Modern Review*, March, 1918).

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