Lord Mahavira and His Times

SR No.: 011080
Original Sutra Author: N/A
Author: Kailashchandra Jain
Publisher: Motilal Banarasidas
Publication Year: 1974
Total Pages: 427
Language: English
Classification: Book_English
File Size: 20 MB

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south by the Rāpti. Their capital was Kapilavastu, represented most probably by the ruins of Tilaura Kot near Lumbinivana now identified with Rummindei in Nepal.Tarai. Another town was Devadaha which they appear to have shared with their eastern neighbours, the Koliyas. They acknowledged the suzerainty of the king of Kośala.
The Koliyas of Rāmagrāma were the eastern neighbours of the Sākyas on the side of the river Rohini which helped to irrigate the fields of both the clans. A. CUNNINGHAM places the Koliya country between the Kohāna and Aumi (Anomā) rivers. The Anomā seems to have formed the dividing linc between the Koliyas on the one hand and the Mallas and Moriyas on the other.
The Bhaggas (Bhargas) are known to the Aitareya Brahmaņal and the Ashțādhyāyī of Pāṇini”. In the latter half of the sixth century B.C., the Bhagga state was dependent on the Vatsa kingdom-a fact evident from the preface to the Dhonasākha Jātaka in which we are told that prince Bodhi, the son of Udayana, king of the Vatsas, dwelt in Sussumāragiri of Bhagga State and built a palace called Kokanada.
About the Bulis and the Kālāmas, we possess little information. The Dhammapada commentary refers to the Buli territory as the kingdom of Allakappa and says that it was only ten leagues in extent. Allakappa was perhaps not far away from Vethadipa, the home of a famous Brāhmaṇa in the early days of Buddhism who set up a cairn over the remains of the Buddha in his native land.
The Kālāmas were the clan of the philosopher Alära, a teacher of Gautama, before he attained Sambodhi. Thcy scem to have acknowledged the suzerainty of the ling of Kośala because their town, Kesaputta, was annexed by this state in the sixth century B.C.
Thc Moriyas (Mauryas) were the same clan which gave Magadha its greatest dynasty. They are sometimes spoken of as Sākyan in origin, but the cvidence is late. The name is derived, according to onc tradition, from Mora (Mayūra)
1. Ail. Br, VIII. 23. 2. P2, ix, i, iii, 177.