[Pramāṇa](https://indike.org/pramana/) › [Studies](https://indike.org/pramana/ins) › [Reference works](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference) › [Dictionary of Pali Proper Names](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.malalasekera-1937) › v2.c29.225 # Dictionary of Pali Proper Names v2.c29.225 Dictionary of Pāli Proper Names v2.c29.225 - **Language:** English ### [v2.c29.225](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.malalasekera-1937.v2.c29.225) Benares was an important centre of trade and industry. There was direct trade between there and Sāvatthi,³ (the road passing through Bhaddiya,⁴) and between there and Takkasilā.⁵ It was the custom for enthusiastic young men of Benares to go to the university at Takkasilā,⁶ but there seem to have been educational institutions at Benares also, some of which were older than even those of Takkasilā.⁷ From Verañjā to Benares there seem to have been two routes: one rather circuitous, passing through Soreyya, and the other direct, crossing the Ganges at Payāgatittha. From Benares the road continued to Vesāli.⁸ On the road from Benares to Rājagaha was Andhakavinda.⁹ There seems to have been friendly intercourse between the chieftains of Benares and the kings of Magadha, as shown by the fact that Bimbisāra sent his own physician, Jīvaka, to attend to the son of the Treasurer of Benares.¹⁰ The distance from Kosambī to Benares was thirty leagues by river.¹¹ - [Previous: v2.c29.224](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.malalasekera-1937.v2.c29.224) - [Next: v2.c29.226](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.malalasekera-1937.v2.c29.226) - [Up: v2.c29](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.malalasekera-1937.v2.c29) --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.malalasekera-1937.v2.c29.225](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.malalasekera-1937.v2.c29.225) · Pramāṇa