[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) › c19.1098 # Life in Ancient India as Depicted in the Jain Canons, with Commentaries: An Administrative, Economic, Social and Geographical Survey c19.1098 Life in Ancient India as Depicted in the Jain Canons, with Commentaries: An Administrative, Economic, Social and Geographical Survey c19.1098 - **Language:** English ### [c19.1098](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.polity.jain-1947.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 - [Previous: c19.1097](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.polity.jain-1947.c19.1097) - [Next: c19.1099](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.polity.jain-1947.c19.1099) - [Up: c19](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.polity.jain-1947.c19) --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/ins.polity.jain-1947.c19.1098](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.polity.jain-1947.c19.1098) · Pramāṇa