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Life in Ancient India as Depicted in the Jain Canons, with Commentaries: An Administrative, Economic, Social and Geographical Survey c19.1215

Life in Ancient India as Depicted in the Jain Canons, with Commentaries: An Administrative, Economic, Social and Geographical Survey c19.1215

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c19.1215

Magadha is included among the twenty five and a half Āryan countries with Rāyagiha as its capital. It is also referred to as one of the sixteen *Janapadas*. Magadha is mentioned along with Soraṭṭhaya and Mālava in the *Uttarādhyayana cūrṇi*.⁴⁶⁵