Often called a kundi or kundika, particularly in Buddhist literature, some of the earliest known examples of the kamandalu ...

Story continues below this ad Avanti and Gandhara were not directly linked to Buddha’s life. Pasenadi, king of Kosala, was his contemporary, and Kosala and Magadha shared matrimonial ties. Buddha ...

leaving Gandhara and the Punjab headquartered at Lahore with Puskara Sarin. However, according to the scholar Buddha Prakash, Puskara Sarin could have led the fight against the Persians expansion.

Stories of merchants are notably absent in Brahmin scriptures but are widespread in Buddhist scriptures. Shortly after the Buddha attained Nirvana, he was met by two merchants who fed him but admitted ...