[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) › c19.1256 # 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 - **Language:** English ### [c19.1256](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.polity.jain-1947.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 - [Previous: c19.1255](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.polity.jain-1947.c19.1255) - [Next: c19.1257](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.polity.jain-1947.c19.1257) - [Up: c19](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.polity.jain-1947.c19) --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/ins.polity.jain-1947.c19.1256](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.polity.jain-1947.c19.1256) · Pramāṇa