A seaport in the country of Bharu.¹ Mention is made of merchants going by sea from there to Suvaṇṇabhūmi.² Bhārukaccha was the residence of Vaḍḍhamātā Therī ³ and Malitavambha Thera.⁴

In the Mahāniddesa,⁵ Bhārukaccha is mentioned in a list of places to which men went for trade. Vijaya lived there for three months before sailing for Sri Lanka.⁶ Bhārukaccha is the modern Broach in Kathiawar. The people of Bhārukaccha are called Bharukacchakā.⁷