Cosmography and Geography in Early Indian Literature c6.s1.8

c6.s1.8

⁶ The list of the Buddhist *Aṅguttaranikāya* has the following names : (1) Kāśi (capital—Vārāṇasi in Eastern U.P.) ; (2) Kosala (capital—Śrāvastī, modern Set-Mahet on the borders of the Gonda and Bahraich Districts of U.P.) ; (3) Aṅga (capital—Campā on the Mālinī, located near Bhagalpur in Bihar) ; (4) Magadha (capital—first at Girivraja and later at Rājagṛha, modern Rajgir in the Patna District of Bihar, in the suburbs of Girivraja) ; (5) the Vṛji Confederacy of 8 clans (capital—Vaiśālī, modern Besarh in the Muzaffarpur District, North Bihar) ; (6) the Malla Republic (capitals—Kuśinagara and Pāvā, modern Kasia and Padaraona respectively, in the Deoria District of U.P.) ; (7) Cedi (capital—Śuktimatī near modern Banda in Southern U.P.) ; (8) Vatsa (capital—Kauśāmbī, modern Kosam, near Allahabad, U.P.) ; (9) Kuru (capital—Hastināpura in the Meerut District, U.P., with another at Indraprastha in the suburbs of Delhi) ; (10) Pañcāla (modern Rohilkhand and a part of the Central Doab in U.P. ;