Life in Ancient India as Depicted in the Jain Canons, with Commentaries: An Administrative, Economic, Social and Geographical Survey c19.1071
Life in Ancient India as Depicted in the Jain Canons, with Commentaries: An Administrative, Economic, Social and Geographical Survey c19.1071
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c19.1071
The capital cities of Kosala were Sāvatthī and Sāketa. The ancient Kosala kingdom was divided into two great divisions, the river Sarayu serving as the wedge between the two; that to the north was called Uttara Kosala, and the one to the south was called Dakṣiṇa Kosala.⁴⁰⁴ Kosala roughly corresponds to the modern Oudh.⁴⁰⁵