ABSTRACT
IN the sixth century before Christ, the kingdom of Magadha was rising to power and greatness. The kingdam, corresponding to modern South Behar, extended to the south of the Ganges) and on either side of the Son river. To the north of the Ganges it had a powerful rival in the haughty confederation of the Lichcbavis. Rajagriha, to the south of tl:e Ganges, was the capital of Bimbisara, king of the Magadhas; and Vaisali, tu the north of the Ganges, was the capital of the Lichchavis. To the east lay the kingdom of Anga or East Behar, which is spoken of in connection with Magadha,and Champa. was the capital of Angd. Fat to the north-west lay the ancient kingdom of the Kosalas, and its capital had been removed from Ayodhya or Saketa further northwards to the flourishing town of Sravasti, where Pras-najit reigned at the time of which we are speaking. The equally ancient country of the Kasis, lying to the south, seemed to be at this time subject to the king of Sravasti; and a viceroy of Prasenajit ruled at Benares.
