[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) › c19.1624 # 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 - **Language:** English ### [c19.1624](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.polity.jain-1947.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 - [Previous: c19.1623](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.polity.jain-1947.c19.1623) - [Next: c19.1625](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.polity.jain-1947.c19.1625) - [Up: c19](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.polity.jain-1947.c19) --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/ins.polity.jain-1947.c19.1624](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.polity.jain-1947.c19.1624) · Pramāṇa