Historical Geography of Ancient India c8.512

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167, 185). Here he was met by some aged Brahmins and had a discussion with them on the subject of respecting the elders (Aṅg., II. 20ff.). After spending the first lent at Isipatana the Buddha again visited Uruvelā (Jāt., I. 86). On his way to Uruvelā he converted thirty Bhaddavaggiya princes at a grove called Kappāsiya. On reaching Uruvelā he also converted the three Jaṭila brothers together with their followers at Gayāsisa (Jāt., I, 82; IV. 180). Between this place and Rājagṛha lived two teachers named Āṛaḍa Kālāma and Udra Rāmaputra who founded schools for the training of pupils in Yoga (Majjhima, I, 163ff. ; Jāt., I, 66ff. ; Lalitavistara, 243ff.; Mahāvastu, II. 118; III. 322; Buddhacarita, VI, 54; Watters, On Yuan Chwang, II. 141). This place was visited by the Buddha where he saw nice trees, pleasing lakes, plain grounds and the clear water of the Nairaṅjanā river (Mahāvastu, II, 123). Uruvela or Uruvelā may be identified with the modern village of Urel near Bodh-Gayā (vide A.S.I. Annual Report, 1908-9, pp. 139ff.).