History and Doctrines of the Ajivikas: A Vanished Indian Religion c11.s9.15

c11.s9.15

No doubt Sāvatthi was his headquarters, where he spent the rainy seasons, and where he obtained strongest support. The habits of the Sāvatthi Ājīvikas are vividly described in the *Jātaka*⁵; and it would seem that the Kosalan king Pasenadi was more favourably disposed to them than was his contemporary, Bimbisāra of Magadha.⁶