Dictionary of Pali Proper Names v1.c21.59

v1.c21.59

From Benares to Takkasilā was a distance of two thousand yojanas,² though we are told that sometimes the journey was accomplished in one day.³ The road passed through thick jungle infested by robbers.⁴ Takkasilā was, however, a great centre of trade; people flocked to it from various parts of the country,⁵ not only from Benares, but also from Sāvatthi, from which city the road lay through Soreyya.⁶ In ancient times students came to the university from Lāḷa (J. i. 447), from the Kuru country (DhA. iv. 88), from Magadha (J. v. 161), and from the Sivi country (J. v. 210).