[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) › c19.105 # Life in Ancient India as Depicted in the Jain Canons, with Commentaries: An Administrative, Economic, Social and Geographical Survey c19.105 Life in Ancient India as Depicted in the Jain Canons, with Commentaries: An Administrative, Economic, Social and Geographical Survey c19.105 - **Language:** English ### [c19.105](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.polity.jain-1947.c19.105) Mahurā was the capital of Sūrasena which is identified with the region round Mathurā. Mathurā was one of the most ancient places and was included among the ten capitals of Jain India. Mathurā was a great centre of the Jains. It is said that ninety six villages were attached to it, where people installed the images of Arhat in their houses and the courtyards. There was a jewelled thūpa in Mathurā over which a quarrel is recorded to have arisen between Jains and Buddhists. In later literature of the Jains, however, five stūpas are referred to in Mathurā. - [Previous: c19.104](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.polity.jain-1947.c19.104) - [Next: c19.106](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.polity.jain-1947.c19.106) - [Up: c19](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.polity.jain-1947.c19) --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/ins.polity.jain-1947.c19.105](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.polity.jain-1947.c19.105) · Pramāṇa