Life in Ancient India as Depicted in the Jain Canons, with Commentaries: An Administrative, Economic, Social and Geographical Survey c19.1857

c19.1857

For various reasons the Jain monks were not allowed to frequent Sindhu. It is mentioned that this country was full of water and a home of various heretical nuns such as *Carikā*, *Parivrājikā*, *Kāpālikā*, *Taccannikā* and *Bhāgavī*. If a monk, due to famine, invasion of the enemy or such other calamity was forced to visit this country, it was expected of him to come back as soon as possible.⁷⁶⁰ The land of this country is stated to be very rough and was flooded frequently; it had breaches in the earth. There were cold breezes and dew-fall at night in this country,⁷⁶¹ and the corn was cultivated here by rivers.⁷⁶²