The capital of Avanti, ruled in the Buddha’s time by King Caṇḍappajjota and later the residence of Asoka as viceroy before he became emperor.

A city in Sri Lanka founded by Accutagāmī, a minister of King Vijaya.

A township that was home to the banker’s daughter Rucinandā, who offered milk-rice to the Buddha Padumuttara just before his Enlightenment.