Pre-Buddhist India: A Political, Administrative, Economic, Social and Geographical Survey of Ancient India Based Mainly on the Jataka Stories c8.48
Pre-Buddhist India: A Political, Administrative, Economic, Social and Geographical Survey of Ancient India Based Mainly on the Jātaka Stories c8.48
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| No. | Name | Description | Reference | Identification |
| 143 | Magadha | Kingdom. | I, 143, 154, 199, 213, 373, 444, 466 ; II, 55, 211 ; III, 479 ; IV, 325, 454 ; V, 171-G. 170, 316, 317-G. 99. | It roughly corresponds to the present Patna and Gaya districts of Bihar, *P. H. A. I.*, p. 78. |
| | | Its capital was Rājagaha. The country was rich with paddy-fields. The river Campā flowed between it and Aṅga. | I, 143. | |
| | | Two Magadha villages viz., Sālindiya and Macala are mentioned. | III, 293, 298 ; IV, 276, 279 ; I, 199. | |
| 144 | Macala | A village in Magadha. | I, 199. | ? |
| 145 | Maccha | A kingdom—spoken together with Pañcāla, Sūrasena, Madda and Kekaya. | VI, 280-G. 1228. | Equivalent to Matsya. The Matsya people are known to the Vedic Literature; See *Ved. Index*, II, pp. 121-2. It originally included parts of modern states |
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