[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) › c19.1861 # Life in Ancient India as Depicted in the Jain Canons, with Commentaries: An Administrative, Economic, Social and Geographical Survey c19.1861 Life in Ancient India as Depicted in the Jain Canons, with Commentaries: An Administrative, Economic, Social and Geographical Survey c19.1861 - **Language:** English ### [c19.1861](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.polity.jain-1947.c19.1861) The people of Sindhu were fond of eating \*gorasa\* (production of milk),⁷⁶³ and were used to meat-eating, and hence the non-vegetarians were not censored in this country.⁷⁶⁴ Similarly, the washermen were not considered degraded here,⁷⁶⁵ and a wine pot could be used for drinking purposes.⁷⁶⁶ It is stated that the monks were allowed not to remove the fringes of their garments in this country like that of Thūnā,⁷⁶⁷ and they received their alms with clean clothes.⁷⁶⁸ - [Previous: c19.1860](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.polity.jain-1947.c19.1860) - [Next: c19.1862](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.polity.jain-1947.c19.1862) - [Up: c19](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.polity.jain-1947.c19) --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/ins.polity.jain-1947.c19.1861](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.polity.jain-1947.c19.1861) · Pramāṇa