Aspects of Mahayana Buddhism and its Relation to Hinayana c5.s1.7

c5.s1.7

1. The spread of Buddhism was confined to a few towns or villages situated in the central belt of India from the east to the west. Of these the more noteworthy are (commencing from the east): Kajaṅgala, Campā, Rājagaha, Gayā, Kāsī, Nālandā, Pāṭaliputta, Vesāli, Sāvatthi; the dominion of the Licchavis, Vajjis, Videhas, Mallas, Bhaggas, and Koliyas; Kosambi, Saṅkassa, Ujjeni, Avanti, Madhurā, and Verañja. There were a few adherents who came from the northern country of Maddaraṭṭha, and two brāhmaṇa villages of Kuru, and also from the southern places like Paṭiṭṭhāna. Gandhāra and Takkhasilā were as yet unknown to them.¹