Life in Ancient India as Depicted in the Jain Canons, with Commentaries: An Administrative, Economic, Social and Geographical Survey c19.106
Life in Ancient India as Depicted in the Jain Canons, with Commentaries: An Administrative, Economic, Social and Geographical Survey c19.106
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Mathurā is said to have been visited by Mahāvīra, Ajja Mangu and Ajja Rakkhiya. Mathurā was a centre of heretical ascetics and was known for the pilgrimage to the temple of Bhandira Jakkha.²⁸ Mathurā was a centre of trade. People lived here on trade and not on agriculture. The goods were carried here by land. There was a free trade between Mahurā, also known as Uttara Mahurā, and Dakkhina Mahurā or Pandu Mahurā.