Life in Ancient India as Depicted in the Jain Canons, with Commentaries: An Administrative, Economic, Social and Geographical Survey c19.1624
Life in Ancient India as Depicted in the Jain Canons, with Commentaries: An Administrative, Economic, Social and Geographical Survey c19.1624
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c19.1624
This country was visited by Vairasāmī, who proceeded to Uttarāpaha from here.⁶⁵⁸ There were beggar-houses (ghanghāsālā) in the centre of the villages in this country⁶⁵⁹ Rice was known as puggali here.⁶⁶⁰ According to Cunningham, Eastern India comprised Assam and Bengal proper, including the whole of the delta of the Ganges, together with Sambalpur, Orissa and Ganjam.⁶⁶¹