Indapatta
Indapatta:A town in the Kuru country.In the Kurudhamma Jātaka (J.ii.365f; also J.iii.400; iv.361; v.457; vi.255; Cyp.i.3,v.1),Dhanañjaya Koravya,is mentioned as its king and as the owner of Añjanavasabha,the elephant of wondrous power.
The town was seven leagues in extent (J.v.57; 484) and there was a road that ran straight from Indapatta to Bārānasī (J.v.59).
In times past,Indapatta was considered one of the three chief cities of Jambudīpa,the others beingUttarapañcāla and Kekaka (J.ii.213,214).
According to a verse found at the end of the Buddhavamsa (Bu.xxviii.11),the Buddha’s razor and needle were enshrined at Indapatta.
The modern Delhi stands on the site of Indapatta.