Pre-Buddhist India: A Political, Administrative, Economic, Social and Geographical Survey of Ancient India Based Mainly on the Jataka Stories c8.42

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| No. | Name | Description | Reference | Identification |
| 135 | Bāveru | A kingdom, where traders from India sailed for trading purposes. It is said that there were no birds, and peacock was first introduced there by the Indian traders. | III, 126, 127. | It is correctly identified with ancient Babylon. See Rhys Davids, *Buddhist India* p. 104; *C. H. I.*, I, p. 396. The fact of the taking of the peacock from India receives a tacit support from the Greek and Roman sources. See McCrindle, *The Invasion of India*, pp. 362-3; *Cf. C. H. I.*, I, p. 396, Lévi, *Annuaire de L'Ecole Pratique des Hautes Etudes*, 1913-4. |
| 136 | Bāhīya | A kingdom, whose foresters were known. | I, 421-G. 107; III, 432-G. 15. | Identical with Bāhlīka known to the *Śatapatha Brāhmaṇa*, See *Ved. Ind.* II, p. 67. It lay between the Chenab and the Sutlej. The Bāhlīkas were probably settlers from Balkh, the capital of Bactria. They lived by robbery, as Mr. De says; according |