Life in Ancient India as Depicted in the Jain Canons, with Commentaries: An Administrative, Economic, Social and Geographical Survey c19.1379
Life in Ancient India as Depicted in the Jain Canons, with Commentaries: An Administrative, Economic, Social and Geographical Survey c19.1379
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According to another tradition, the region where the Ganges entered the sea, changed its course from year to year, and the oldest region was called Mayagangā.⁵⁴⁴ It is mentioned that on the bank of Mayagangā there lived Balakotta, a leader of the Cāndālas.⁵⁴⁵ The lake, *Mayagangātīradaha*, is referred to in the *Nāyādhammakahā*. This lake was located to the north-east of Benares.⁵⁴⁶