Historical Geography of Ancient India c8.433

c8.433

It was intimately associated not only with the development of Buddhism but also with Jainism and earlier creeds such as Nāga and Yakkha worship. It was the earliest known stronghold of heresy and heterodoxy of the age (cf. Majjhima, I, pp. 1-22). For further details vide B. C. Law, Rājagṛha in Ancient Literature, M.A.S.I., No. 58; Geographical Essays, Vol. I, 208ff.; Geography of Early Buddhism, pp. 6, 8, 9, 15, 16, 28, 31, 33 etc.; The Magadhas in Ancient India, pp. 24-33; A Guide to Rajgir by Kuraishi and revised by A. Ghosh, 1939; A.R.A.S., 1936/1937 (1940) regarding excavations at Rajgir; A.S.I.R., I (1871), pp. 21ff.; A.R.A.S.I., 1905-06 (1909), 86ff.; 1913-1914 (1917), p. 265; 1925/26 (1928), 121ff.; 1930/1934, Pt. I (1936), 30ff.; 1935-1936 (1938), pp. 52ff.