According to some accounts the city, where Mahá Kappina ruled before he became a monk, is called, not Kukkuta (q.v.), but Kukkutavatí. Perhaps the former was the name of the county and the latter that of its capital. From here to Sávatthi was a distance of one hundred and twenty leagues, and there was a trade route between the two cities which merchants travelled on foot (janghavánijá), and also a route from the Majjhimadesa. Three rivers had to be crossed on the way: the Aravacchá, the Nílaváhaná and the Candabhágá. DhA.ii.116ff; a less detailed account is given in SA.ii.177f and AA.i.175f.