This view is supported by a study of the region where these notions originated. Buddhism arose in <answer>Greater Magadha</answer>, which stretched from Sravasti, the capital of Kosala in the north-west, to Rajagrha in the south east. This land, to the east of aryavarta, the land of the Aryas, was recognized as non-Vedic. Other Vedic texts reveal a dislike of the people of Magadha, in all probability because the Magadhas at this time were not Brahmanised.[page needed] It was not until the 2nd or 3rd centuries BCE that the eastward spread of Brahmanism into <answer>Greater Magadha</answer> became significant. Ideas that developed in <answer>Greater Magadha</answer> prior to this were not subject to Vedic influence. These include rebirth and karmic retribution that appear in a number of movements in <answer>Greater Magadha</answer>, including Buddhism. These movements inherited notions of rebirth and karmic retribution from an earlier culture[page needed]
Buddhism arose in what area?
Greater Magadha