Early Monastic Buddhism v2.c35.s1.7
Early Monastic Buddhism v2.c35.s1.7
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v2.c35.s1.7
On the basis of these facts he states that the line of expansion of this school was the same as that of the Theravāda, i.e. along the Kauśāmbi-Bharukaccha axis and that it gradually extended up to the sea-borne countries, and that it became particularly popular in Mahiṣamaṇḍala and Avanti, and ultimately reached Ceylon.