[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) › c19.106 # 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 - **Language:** English ### [c19.106](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.polity.jain-1947.c19.106) 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. - [Previous: c19.105](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.polity.jain-1947.c19.105) - [Next: c19.107](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.polity.jain-1947.c19.107) - [Up: c19](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.polity.jain-1947.c19) --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/ins.polity.jain-1947.c19.106](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.polity.jain-1947.c19.106) · Pramāṇa