Life in Ancient India as Depicted in the Jain Canons, with Commentaries: An Administrative, Economic, Social and Geographical Survey c19.13

c19.13

Puvvavideha,⁹ which is also called Bhadrāśva in the Brahmāṇḍa Purāṇa, is said to be watered by the Sītā, the mythical prototype of the Yarkand and Yellow rivers, already referred to Sītā is the same as one of the fourteen great rivers in the Jain mythology referred to in the Uttarādhyayana Sūtra.¹⁰ Puvvavideha and Avaravideha are divided into different Vijayas¹¹ or provinces which have their respective cities