Chandragupta Maurya and His Times c15.73

c15.73

Another important route led south-west from Sāvatthī to Patiṭṭhāna (Paithan) with six intermediate halts [*Sutta-Nipāta*, 1011-13] and frequent crossing of rivers. We read of boats going up the Ganges to Sahajāti [*Vinaya Texts*, iii, 401] and up the Yamunā to Kosambī [*Ib.* p. 382]. There were no bridges in those days but only fording-places and ferries for crossing rivers [*Jāt.*, iii, 228]. Manu speaks of cart-ferries [viii. 404 f.]. *Setu* was not a bridge but only an embankment.