Dictionary of Pali Proper Names v1.c6.2719
Dictionary of Pāli Proper Names v1.c6.2719
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During the Buddhist period, Ayojjhā on the Sarayū was the capital of Dakkhiṇa Kosala, the janapada roughly corresponding to modern Oudh. This, the Ayodhyā of the Rāmāyaṇa, is about a mile from the modern Fyzabad. In the Jātaka Commentary⁵ there is a mention of Ayojjhā, which here evidently refers to the city of the Sanskrit epics. It is called the capital of King Kālasena. It was besieged by the Andhavenḥuputtā, who breached the wall and took the king prisoner. Having thus subjugated the city, they went to Dvāravatī.