Early Monastic Buddhism v1.c11.29

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³ In the *Mahāvastu* (III, pp. 303, 310, 313) it is stated that they were travelling with a caravan along the trade-route from Dakṣiṇapatha to Ukkala a town of Uttarapatha in the kingdom of Gandhāra. *Uttarāpathe Ukkalaṃ nāmādhiṣṭhānam ... Tehi dāni yathā Keśasthālī nāma adhiṣṭhāno tahim keśa-stūpaṃ kārāpitam Bālukkho nāma nagaraṃ tahim nakha-stūpaṃ kārāpitam. Trapusabhallikānāṃ Śilukṣa nāma nigama āvāsitānām. adyāpi Gandhāra-rājye adhiṣṭhānam Śilānāmena jñāyati.* Cf. Beal, *op. cit.* p. 239.