Ālavī

Ālavī (Pāli: Ālavī) or Āṭavī (Sanskrit: Āṭavī) was an ancient kingdom of northern-central India whose existence is attested during the Indian Iron Age.

The name of the state was derived from that of its capital, named Ālabhiyā, or Ālavī (in Pāli) or Āṭavī (in Sanskrit), which lied on the road between Kosala's capital of Sāvatthī and Magadha's capital of Rājagaha, and was located thirty yojana from Sāvatthī and twelve yojana from Varanasi.

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