[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) › c19.1648 # Life in Ancient India as Depicted in the Jain Canons, with Commentaries: An Administrative, Economic, Social and Geographical Survey c19.1648 Life in Ancient India as Depicted in the Jain Canons, with Commentaries: An Administrative, Economic, Social and Geographical Survey c19.1648 - **Language:** English ### [c19.1648](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.polity.jain-1947.c19.1648) Rāyagiha was the capital of Magadha, one of the twenty five and a half Āryan countries. It was included among the ten capitals mentioned in the \*Thāṇāṅga\*. The east of Sāketa, Mahāvīra allowed the Jain monks to move up to Rāyagiha.⁶⁷⁰ Rāyagiha is described as the birthplace of the twentieth \*Titthayara\*.⁶⁷¹ Rāyagiha was visited by Pāsa,⁶⁷² and Mahāvīra is said to have passed fourteen rainy seasons here.⁶⁷³ Rāyagiha was also frequented by Ajja Suhamma⁶⁷⁴ and Gosāla,⁶⁷⁵ and various disciples of Mahāvīra lived in this city.⁶⁷⁶ Gunasila,⁶⁷⁷ Maṇḍikuccha⁶⁷⁸ and Moggarapāṇi⁶⁷⁹ are mentioned as some of the important shrines of the city. Rājagaha was noted for its springs.⁶⁸⁰ - [Previous: c19.1647](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.polity.jain-1947.c19.1647) - [Next: c19.1649](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.polity.jain-1947.c19.1649) - [Up: c19](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.polity.jain-1947.c19) ## Linked texts (1) - [Ṭhāṇaṃga](https://indike.org/pramana/in.jaina.sveta.anga.3) — Sudharman, Ardhamāgadhī Prakrit --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/ins.polity.jain-1947.c19.1648](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.polity.jain-1947.c19.1648) · Pramāṇa