Prakrit Proper Names (Agamic Index I) v2.c8.s4.71
Prakrit Proper Names (Āgamic Index I) v2.c8.s4.71
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v2.c8.s4.71
Viyāhapaṇṇatti mentions Lādha, Vajja(2) and Sumbhuttara as three separate countries.⁵ Out of these three Vajja is taken to be the country of the Vajjis⁶ ant not as Vajjabhūmi. In that case Lādha should represent Subbhabhūmi and Sumbhuttara (i.e. beyond or north of Sumbha and Sumbha stands for Subbha) should stand for Vajjabhūmi. Further we find that in Paṇṇavaṇā etc. Lādha is mentiond as an Āriya country with its capital at Koḍivarisa.⁷ It seems that Lādha later came to be regarded as an Aryan country. When Koḍivarisa is identified with Bangarh in the district of Dinajpur,⁸ our Lādha should correspond not only to Western Bengal but should also include Dinajpur district of Northern Bengal.