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The name of a people and their country, the modern Bengal. It is nowhere mentioned in the four Nikāyas, nor included among the Mahājanapadas. The mother of Sīhabāhu and Sīhasīvalī was a Vanga princess, the daughter of the Vanga king who had married the daughter of the king of Kalinga (Mhv.vi.1ff.; Dpv. ix.2). The Milinda (p. 359) mentions Vanga as a trading place to be reached by sea. Updated: 15 September 2011 http://What-Buddha-Said.net/library/DPPN/va/vanga.htm |
