Buddha: His Life, his Doctrine, his Order c8.103

c8.103

∗ Montg. Martin, i, 293, says of Goruckpore district: "No soil of a red colour was observed on the surface, although earths of this kind may be procured by digging." This is quite sufficient, if we consider the changes caused in the earth's surface by inundations in the course of more than two thousand years, to explain the name Kapilavatthu. Swinton (p. 33) mentions "red spots resembling carbonate of iron," in the sandy beds under the surface of the yellow earth. † Antea, note p. 93.