[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) › c19.10 # Life in Ancient India as Depicted in the Jain Canons, with Commentaries: An Administrative, Economic, Social and Geographical Survey c19.10 Life in Ancient India as Depicted in the Jain Canons, with Commentaries: An Administrative, Economic, Social and Geographical Survey c19.10 - **Language:** English ### [c19.10](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.polity.jain-1947.c19.10) Bharaha is 526 6/19 yojanas in extent. It is situated to the south of Culla Himavanta and between the eastern and western seas. By the two large rivers Gaṅgā and Sindhu, and the Vaitāḍhya mountain-range it is divided into six portions.⁷ Videha, also known as Mahāvideha, is divided into four parts, viz., Puvvavideha (eastern Videha), Avaravideha (western Videha), Devakuru and Uttarakuru.⁸ - [Previous: c19.9](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.polity.jain-1947.c19.9) - [Next: c19.11](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.polity.jain-1947.c19.11) - [Up: c19](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.polity.jain-1947.c19) --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/ins.polity.jain-1947.c19.10](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.polity.jain-1947.c19.10) · Pramāṇa