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Pre-Buddhist India: A Political, Administrative, Economic, Social and Geographical Survey of Ancient India Based Mainly on the Jataka Stories c8.13

Pre-Buddhist India: A Political, Administrative, Economic, Social and Geographical Survey of Ancient India Based Mainly on the Jātaka Stories c8.13

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c8.13

| No. | Name | Description | Reference | Identification |
| 50 | Kālacampā | A city-Capital of Aṅga. | VI, 31, 42, 256. | See Campā. |
| 51 | Kālamatthika | A forest. | IV, 82, 88. | ? |
| 52 | Kālagiri | A mountain in Himavanta. | VI, 302-G. 1334 ; 304, 309, 326. | Same as Kālapabbata. |
| 53 | Kaliṅga | A kingdom ; its capital was Dantapura. | II, 367, 381 ; III, 3, 6, 376, 381, 540, 541-G. 112 ; IV, 230; VI, 487, 521-G. 1949 ; 574. | It corresponds to the country lying on the South of Orissa and north of Drāviḍa on the border of the Sea. *C. A. G. I.*, pp. 734-5 ; Pargiter, *Mārk. P.*, p. 334. |
| 54 | Kāsī | A kingdom. | Too numerous. See Andersen, *Index*, pp. 31-2. | Modern country of Kāsī, though much diminished in extent, is still a petty state and has Benares as its capital. |
| | | Capital—Bārāṇasī ; its extent was 300 leagues ; | *Ibid.* pp. 90-2. I, 125 ; III, 304 ; IV, 442. | According to Yuan Chwang it, i.e., the country of Po-lo-nissa or Vārāṇasī was 4000 *li* or 667 miles in circuit; *C.A.G.I.*, p. 499. |
| | | Kāsī cloth was famous, priced at 100000 pieces. | II, 443, III, 10-11 ; IV, 352 ; V, 78 ; VI, 49, 50, 54, 151, 450, 500, 506. | The *Banārasī Sārī* is still a very valued thing. |

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