[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) › c19.1217 # Life in Ancient India as Depicted in the Jain Canons, with Commentaries: An Administrative, Economic, Social and Geographical Survey c19.1217 Life in Ancient India as Depicted in the Jain Canons, with Commentaries: An Administrative, Economic, Social and Geographical Survey c19.1217 - **Language:** English ### [c19.1217](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.polity.jain-1947.c19.1217) Mahāvīra allowed the Jain monks to move upto Magadha to the east of Sāketa ⁴⁶⁶ Magadha, Pabhāsa and Varadāma are enumerated as holy places (tittha) situated in east, west and south-west of Bhāratavarṣa in succession. When Bharata gained complete victory over Bhāratavarṣa, ⁴⁶⁷ the gods are stated to have brought holy water (titthodaga) from Magadha and installed him as a universal monarch ⁴⁶⁸ - [Previous: c19.1216](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.polity.jain-1947.c19.1216) - [Next: c19.1218](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.polity.jain-1947.c19.1218) - [Up: c19](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.polity.jain-1947.c19) --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/ins.polity.jain-1947.c19.1217](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.polity.jain-1947.c19.1217) · Pramāṇa