It is difficult to give an exact original location for Pāli, but the location as given is set to reflect the dominant Western MIA characteristics of Pāli. It is set here at Ujjain, historical capital of Avanti, realm associated with Pāli (Warder, A. K. Indian Buddhism. 2000). For further discussion cf. Norman, K. R. 2002. "Pāli and the languages of early Buddhism" In Indo-Iranian Languages and Peoples, ed. by N. Sims-Williams, 135-50. Oxford: Oxford University Press.
