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the names of Bhaddiya and Bhaddiynagara. Buddha resided 

 there for three months in the Jatiyavana when he visited it, 

 and converted Bhaddaji, son of a very rich merchant. 1 The 

 town, though situated in Ahga,' 2 appertained at that period to 

 the kingdom of Magadha, as Anga had already been conquered 

 and annexed to the Magadha dominion. It was also visited 

 by Bimbisara, king of Magadha. Bhaddiya was the birth- 

 place of the celebrated Bisakha, who became the chief of the 

 Upasikas or lay disciples of B iddha. She was the daughter 

 of Dhanafijaya and granddaughter of Mendaka, both of 

 whom were treasurers to the king of Aiiga. ' The people of 

 Bhaddiya were Jainas before, being believers in the Kriya- 

 vada doctrine, but Bisakha and Mendaka appear to be the 

 first converts to Buddhism in that town. 3 Her father removed 

 to Saketa, where she was married to Purnavarddhana or 

 Punyavarddhana, son of Migara, the treasurer of Prasenajit, 

 king of Sravastl. She, like Sumagadha, the daughter of 

 Anathapindada, 4 was the means of converting her father-in- 

 law Migara, who had been a follower of Nigrartha-natha-putra 

 (Mahavira), to Buddhism, and hence she was called Migaramatft 

 or mother of Migara 5 She constructed the Purvarama-vihara 

 at Sravastl and gave it to Buddha; it is now called the Ora 

 Jhar mound, about a mile to the east of Jetavana. 



Rohinnala, now called Rahuanala, must have been an 



Rehuanala. important pUce in ancient time. It 



. is the Lo-in-ni-lo of Hiuen Tsiang. 



-Buddha is said to have resided here for three months, and a 



stupa of A4oka existed at the time when Hiuen Tsiang visited 



the place in the seventh century. Vivien St. Martin restores 

 Lo-in m-lo to Rohinnala, but General Cunningham was not sure 

 of his own identifications, and considered Rohinnala of Vivien 

 bt Martin to be quite imaginary. 8 Nevertheless Rehuanala, 

 which is evidently a corruption of Rohit nala or Rohinnala, 

 exists and is five miles to the north-east of Kiyul and five 

 miles to the north-west of Urain. There are many Buddhist 

 and other ancient remains at Rehuanala and also at Urain 

 which was formerly called Ujjayini. That Rehuanala was an 

 important place may be gathered from the saying still 

 extant among the people that "One Rehuanala is equal to 

 twelve Bhatis of Bangala (Bengal)." It was perhaps situated 

 on the Ganges when it was visited by the Chinese traveller. 



ii, 22 l 9. 3f^!7 " , V ' 8; V '' 34: Mah «- p <*nad<* Jataka, in Jut. (Cam. ed.), 



* Kern: M.I.B., 29. 



88- U2fl 9 '' V '' 3 *' 50 ' 12 ' 13; for K "yavada doctrine see ibid., vi, 31. 



* Avadana-Kalpalata. ch. 19. 



« Arch'^'R^'' ^'.-V Speace Hard y : M.B.,226. 

 Arch. S. Rep., n,, lo2, 156; xv, 14. 



