Historical Geography of Ancient India c9.207

c9.207

*Roruka*.—Roruka was one of the important cities according to the *Divyāvadāna* (pp. 544ff.). It was the capital of Sovira mentioned in the *Āditta Jātaka* (Jāt., III, 470). A king named Bharata of Roruva was very popular and religious. He gave great gifts to the poor, the wanderers, the beggars and the *paccekabuddhas* (Jāt., III, 470–474). Sovīra has been identified by Cunningham with Eder, a district in the province of Gujarat at the head of the gulf of Cambay. The *Bodhisattvāvadāna-Kalpalatā* refers to a famous king named Rudrāyana of Roruva or Rauruka (40th pallava). King Rudrāyana of Roruva was a contemporary of Bimbisāra of Magadha and they were intimate friends. There was a trade between Rājagṛha and Roruva.