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The fields waving with paddy plants which greet the eyes 

 of a modern traveller near and round Gotama-sthana in Dar- 

 bhanga bear testimony to Agni's gift of rice and cattle in 

 abundance to the family of Gotama described in the Rigveda. 1 



The above facts lead me to conclude that the hymns of 

 the Rigveda continued to be composed even while the Aryans 

 advanced to the east as far as the river KauSikl at the eastern 

 boundary of Darbhahga included in the ancient kingdom of 

 Videgha or Videha with its capital at Mithila. 



1 ?r ^mr jfr?r»fT fam tt*j**t»tt ^sif* i jaSxf* sr ifrsj«: ii ^ ii 



(Rigveda, mandala 1, aukta 78.1 



