[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) › c19.1223 # Life in Ancient India as Depicted in the Jain Canons, with Commentaries: An Administrative, Economic, Social and Geographical Survey c19.1223 Life in Ancient India as Depicted in the Jain Canons, with Commentaries: An Administrative, Economic, Social and Geographical Survey c19.1223 - **Language:** English ### [c19.1223](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.polity.jain-1947.c19.1223) The people of Magadha are described as very clever. (see Dakṣiṇāvaha) Magadha roughly corresponds to the modern Patna and Gaya districts in Bihar. ⁴⁷⁰ - [Previous: c19.1222](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.polity.jain-1947.c19.1222) - [Next: c19.1224](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.polity.jain-1947.c19.1224) - [Up: c19](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.polity.jain-1947.c19) --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/ins.polity.jain-1947.c19.1223](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.polity.jain-1947.c19.1223) · Pramāṇa