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Life in Ancient India as Depicted in the Jain Canons, with Commentaries: An Administrative, Economic, Social and Geographical Survey c19.1256

Life in Ancient India as Depicted in the Jain Canons, with Commentaries: An Administrative, Economic, Social and Geographical Survey c19.1256

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c19.1256

Māhesarī was situated in Dakkhināvaha. It was a prosperous city.⁴⁸² Māhessara is mentioned along with Sirimāla and Ujjenī, where people were fond of drinking wine.⁴⁸³ It is identified with Māhiṣmatī or Mahesh on the right bank of the Nerbada, forty miles to the south of Indore.⁴⁸⁴