Pre-Buddhist India: A Political, Administrative, Economic, Social and Geographical Survey of Ancient India Based Mainly on the Jataka Stories c3.s3.t2.24

Pre-Buddhist India: A Political, Administrative, Economic, Social and Geographical Survey of Ancient India Based Mainly on the Jātaka Stories c3.s3.t2.24

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c3.s3.t2.24

The Kingdom of Madda, with its capital Sāgala (modern Sialkot), is often mentioned in the *Jātakas*. As a tribe, the Maddas appear in the *Aitareya Brāhmaṇa* and the *Bṛhadāraṇyaka Upaniṣad*.⁴ Madda, in the *Brāhmaṇic* Period, appears as a centre of learning and noted for refinement in manners.⁵

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Aitareyabrāhmaṇa — Mahidāsa Aitareya, Sanskrit
Bṛhadāraṇyakopaniṣad — Sanskrit