Pre-Buddhist India: A Political, Administrative, Economic, Social and Geographical Survey of Ancient India Based Mainly on the Jataka Stories c3.s3.t1.2
Pre-Buddhist India: A Political, Administrative, Economic, Social and Geographical Survey of Ancient India Based Mainly on the Jātaka Stories c3.s3.t1.2
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c3.s3.t1.2
It extended over three hundred leagues and was situated in Majjimadesa or Middle Country.¹ It comprised 16000 villages.² Its capital city Mithilā covered seven-leagues.³ At its four gates were four market towns (*nigama-gāmas*).⁴ The following fine description of the city is given in the *Mahāja-naka Jātaka*⁵: