[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.c31.328 # Dictionary of Pali Proper Names v2.c31.328 Dictionary of Pāli Proper Names v2.c31.328 - **Language:** English ### [v2.c31.328](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.malalasekera-1937.v2.c31.328) Majjhimadesa.—The country of Central India which was the birthplace of Buddhism and the region of its early activities. It extended in the east to the town of Kajaṅgala, beyond which was Mahāsāla; on the south-east to the river Salalavatī; on the south-west to the town of Sata-kaṇṇika; on the west to the brahmin village of Thūna; on the north to the Usiraddhaja Mountain.¹ The Majjhimadesa was three hundred yojanas in length, two hundred and fifty in breadth, and nine hundred in circumference.² It contained fourteen of the sixteen Mahājanapadas (q.v.), that is to say all but Gandhāra and Kamboja, which belonged to the Uttarāpatha. The people of Majjhimadesa were regarded as wise and virtuous.³ It was the birthplace of noble men (purisajāniyā) including the Buddhas,⁴ and all kinds of marvellous things happened there.⁵ The people of Majjhimadesa considered peacocks' flesh a luxury.⁶ - [Previous: v2.c31.327](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.malalasekera-1937.v2.c31.327) - [Next: v2.c31.329](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.malalasekera-1937.v2.c31.329) - [Up: v2.c31](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.malalasekera-1937.v2.c31) --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.malalasekera-1937.v2.c31.328](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.malalasekera-1937.v2.c31.328) · Pramāṇa