Pre-Buddhist India: A Political, Administrative, Economic, Social and Geographical Survey of Ancient India Based Mainly on the Jataka Stories c8.53
Pre-Buddhist India: A Political, Administrative, Economic, Social and Geographical Survey of Ancient India Based Mainly on the Jātaka Stories c8.53
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| No. | Name | Description | Reference | Identification |
| | | It was 60 yojanas far from Campā. At its four gates were four market towns named Yavamajjaka. | VI, 32. VI, 330. | within the Nepal border, north of which the Muzaffarpur and the Darbhaṅgā districts meet. C. A. G. I., p. 718; P. H. A. I., p. 33. |
| 156 | Mucalinda | A lake in the Himavanta spread over with white scented lotus. | VI, 518-G. 1943; 519, 534-G. 2065; 535-G. 2069; 536-G. 2079; 539-G. 2109-11, 582. | It is very probably identical with the lake Mucukunda located 3 miles to the west of Dholpur in Kāśmīr; De, G. D. p. 132. |
| 157 | Mejjhārañña | A great forest of the country of King Mejjha. | III, 310, 311-G, 127; IV, 389-G. 24; V, 267-G 96. | The Mahābhārata mentions a Medyāraṇya, which should perhaps be taken as identical with our Mejjhārañña. See Sörensen's Index, p. 477. What particular locality it indicates we are unable to ascertain. See discussion on Mejjha, Supra, pp. 29-30. |
| 158 | Mejjha | A kingdom. | IV, 388; V, 267-G. 96. | Not identifiable. See above. |
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