It ( Kosala territory ) looked charming, rich in food-grain and treasure, inhabited by men given to charity, benevolent and free from every fear, full of temples and sacrificial stakes,..... - [2-50-8]
- adorned with gardens and mango-orchards, intersected by ponds full of water, populated by contented and well nourished people, abounded in herds of cows. [2-50-9]
Rama, the best of men, crossed the auspicious land of Kosala which was worth seeing by kings. And it reverberated with the sounds of Vedic recitations. [2-50-10]