[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) › c19.1569 # Life in Ancient India as Depicted in the Jain Canons, with Commentaries: An Administrative, Economic, Social and Geographical Survey c19.1569 Life in Ancient India as Depicted in the Jain Canons, with Commentaries: An Administrative, Economic, Social and Geographical Survey c19.1569 - **Language:** English ### [c19.1569](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.polity.jain-1947.c19.1569) Poyaṇapura, also known as Pratiṣṭhānapura, was situated on the bank of the Ganges.⁶³² It is also mentioned in the \*Harivaṃśa\* (I. 26. 49). It may be identified with Jhusi, opposite to Allahabad, across the Ganges, which is still called Pratiṣṭhānpur⁶³³ - [Previous: c19.1568](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.polity.jain-1947.c19.1568) - [Next: c19.1570](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.polity.jain-1947.c19.1570) - [Up: c19](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.polity.jain-1947.c19) --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/ins.polity.jain-1947.c19.1569](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.polity.jain-1947.c19.1569) · Pramāṇa