Birthplace of one Tīrthaṅkara · Champanagar
Campā
चम्पा
Vāsupūjya's city, and the one place on the map that is both a birth and a departure: he was born here and attained nirvāṇa here.
By Hemacandra's reckoning, as the atlas carries it, Vāsupūjya was born here, and Vāsupūjya attained nirvāṇa here as well. Ancient Campā, capital of Aṅga, is at Champanagar on the Gaṅgā by Bhagalpur, and the identification is secure. Of the twenty-four only Vāsupūjya left neither from Sammeta Śikhara nor from a mountain of his own; he left from his own city.
The dot on the map is Champanagar, Bhagalpur, Bihar; the identification is settled by archaeology. Every site in this chapter is graded the same way, and the section says why.
Measurements and counts
| Born here | Vāsupūjya |
|---|---|
| Nirvāṇa here | Vāsupūjya |
| Today | Champanagar, Bhagalpur, Bihar |
| Identification | settled by archaeology |