Dictionary of Pali Proper Names v2.c36.5397
Dictionary of Pāli Proper Names v2.c36.5397
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v2.c36.5397
Sovīra.—A country mentioned in the Mahāgovinda Sutta,¹ and again in the Āditta Jātaka.² In the time of King Reṇu, Bharata was king of Sovīra, and Roruka was its capital. Cunningham³ identifies Sovīra with Eder, a district in the province of Gujerat, at the head of the gulf of Cambay. The compound Sindhu-Sovīra⁴ suggests that Sovīra was situated between the Indus and the Jhelum.