Dictionary of Pali Proper Names v2.c35.1187

v2.c35.1187

The Śatapatha Brāhmaṇa (I. iv. 1), however, ascribes the kingdom to Māthava the Videgha, and gives as its boundaries Kausiki in the east, the Ganges to the south, the Sadānīrā in the west, and the Himālaya in the north. In the centre of Videha was Pabbatarattha, in which was the city Dhammakoṇḍa, the residence of Dhaniya.⁷