Republics in Ancient India, c. 1500 B.C.–500 B.C. c15.s1.23

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The territory occupied by the Moriyas does not appear to have been very extensive. On the basis of the above evidence the Moriyas also seem to have been close neighbours of the Koliyas, situated to the west of them. To the southwest of the Moriyas the river Anomā (Rāpti) divided them from the Kosalan kingdom. The Mallian country lay to the east, and south of the Moriyas flowed the river Ghāgrā, the Sarayū of the Epic. The region, if measured on the map, does not seem to have been more than 25 miles from east to west up to the river Anomā, and about 50-55 miles from north to south up to the river Ghāgrā.⁷ To our knowledge no other town of the Moriyas is mentioned in the Buddhist texts.⁸