State and Government in Ancient India c9.19

c9.19

Jinasena, a Jain author of the 9th century, also holds that the earth was a paradise (*bhogabhūmi*) in the distant past, when all human wants were satisfied by desire-yielding trees (*kalpavṛikshas*). These latter, however, gradually disappeared and there was a chaos. But order was soon restored by the first Tīrthaṅkara, Ṛishabhanātha, who introduced kings, officers castes and professions.²