[Pramāṇa](https://indike.org/pramana/) › [Studies](https://indike.org/pramana/ins) › [Polity, law and society](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.polity) › [Life in Ancient India as Depicted in the Jain Canons, with Commentaries: An Administrative, Economic, Social and Geographical Survey](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.polity.jain-1947) › c19.1019 # Life in Ancient India as Depicted in the Jain Canons, with Commentaries: An Administrative, Economic, Social and Geographical Survey c19.1019 Life in Ancient India as Depicted in the Jain Canons, with Commentaries: An Administrative, Economic, Social and Geographical Survey c19.1019 - **Language:** English ### [c19.1019](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.polity.jain-1947.c19.1019) Koḍivarsa was the metropolis of Lāḍha, one of the twenty five and a half Āryan countries King Cilāya of this place is said to have joined the ascetic order under Mahāvīra in Sāketa.³⁷⁴ Koḍivarsiyā is mentioned as one of the \*sākhās\* of the Jain \*sramanas\* in the \*Kalpasūtra\*³⁷⁵ Kotivarsa is mentioned in the Gupta inscriptions It is identified with Bangarh, a village about eighteen miles in Dinajpur district.³⁷⁶ - [Previous: c19.1018](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.polity.jain-1947.c19.1018) - [Next: c19.1020](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.polity.jain-1947.c19.1020) - [Up: c19](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.polity.jain-1947.c19) --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/ins.polity.jain-1947.c19.1019](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.polity.jain-1947.c19.1019) · Pramāṇa