[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) › c19.1071 # Life in Ancient India as Depicted in the Jain Canons, with Commentaries: An Administrative, Economic, Social and Geographical Survey c19.1071 Life in Ancient India as Depicted in the Jain Canons, with Commentaries: An Administrative, Economic, Social and Geographical Survey c19.1071 - **Language:** English ### [c19.1071](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.polity.jain-1947.c19.1071) The capital cities of Kosala were Sāvatthī and Sāketa. The ancient Kosala kingdom was divided into two great divisions, the river Sarayu serving as the wedge between the two; that to the north was called Uttara Kosala, and the one to the south was called Dakṣiṇa Kosala.⁴⁰⁴ Kosala roughly corresponds to the modern Oudh.⁴⁰⁵ - [Previous: c19.1070](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.polity.jain-1947.c19.1070) - [Next: c19.1072](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.polity.jain-1947.c19.1072) - [Up: c19](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.polity.jain-1947.c19) --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/ins.polity.jain-1947.c19.1071](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.polity.jain-1947.c19.1071) · Pramāṇa