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Life in Ancient India as Depicted in the Jain Canons, with Commentaries: An Administrative, Economic, Social and Geographical Survey c19.1268

Life in Ancient India as Depicted in the Jain Canons, with Commentaries: An Administrative, Economic, Social and Geographical Survey c19.1268

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c19.1268

Mahurā is described as a very ancient city in the Jain texts⁴⁸⁷ Mention is made of a jewelled thūbha in Mahurā, over which there arose a quarrel between Jains and Buddhists, resulting in the defeat of the latter.⁴⁸⁸