[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) › c19.1706 # Life in Ancient India as Depicted in the Jain Canons, with Commentaries: An Administrative, Economic, Social and Geographical Survey c19.1706 Life in Ancient India as Depicted in the Jain Canons, with Commentaries: An Administrative, Economic, Social and Geographical Survey c19.1706 - **Language:** English ### [c19.1706](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.polity.jain-1947.c19.1706) Sāgeya was the capital of Kosala,⁶⁹⁷ one of the twenty five and a half Āryan countries It was included among the ten capitals. It is stated that the fourth Titthayara received his first alms here.⁶⁹⁸ Sāgeya was visited by Pārsva⁶⁹⁹ as well as by Mahāvīra, the latter assigned a limit for the movements of the Jain monks here (see supra p 250). - [Previous: c19.1705](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.polity.jain-1947.c19.1705) - [Next: c19.1707](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.polity.jain-1947.c19.1707) - [Up: c19](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.polity.jain-1947.c19) --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/ins.polity.jain-1947.c19.1706](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.polity.jain-1947.c19.1706) · Pramāṇa