Dictionary of Pali Proper Names v2.c31.91

v2.c31.91

At the time of the Buddha, the kingdom of Magadha was bounded on the east by the river Campā,⁹ on the south by the Vindhyā Mountains, on the west by the river Soṇa, and on the north by the Ganges. The latter river formed the boundary between Magadha and the republican country of the Licchavis, and both the Māgadhas and the Licchavis evidently had equal rights over the river. When the Buddha visited Vesāli, Bimbisāra made a road five leagues long, from Rājagaha to the river, and decorated it, and the Licchavis did the same on the other side.¹⁰