Life in Ancient India as Depicted in the Jain Canons, with Commentaries: An Administrative, Economic, Social and Geographical Survey c19.1098

c19.1098

Kudukka was a non-Āryan country and was opened for the preachings of the Jain monks by Samprati (see Andha). It seems that later on Kudukka became a centre of the Jain monks; mention is made of Kuḍukka ācārya ⁴¹⁷ Milk was called *pīlu* in this country⁴¹⁸ and like Koṅkana rice-gruel was a common food here (see Koṅkaṇa). It may be identified with Coorg (Kodagu) a territory in South India which is bounded along its entire western frontier by the mountain chain of the Western Ghats.⁴¹⁹