An ancient kingdom at the crossroads of present-day South Asia, Central Asia, and West Asia. In this chapter, it is the region in which the dwelling place of bodhisattvas called Exalted by Love is located.

A land to the north of Jambudvīpa, corresponding to the northern Afghanistan

A land in the north of Jambūdvīpa, included in some Pali texts as one of the sixteen great kingdoms of ancient India at the time of the Buddha. Also attested in early non-Buddhist literature as a land corresponding to part of contemporary Afghanistan. In this text, the term kāmbojikā, “from Kamboja,” is used to describe a group of girls (kanyā).

One of the sixteen great kingdoms of ancient India.