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Life in Ancient India as Depicted in the Jain Canons, with Commentaries: An Administrative, Economic, Social and Geographical Survey c19.1910

Life in Ancient India as Depicted in the Jain Canons, with Commentaries: An Administrative, Economic, Social and Geographical Survey c19.1910

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c19.1910

Soriyapura, which lay on the bank of the Jaunā,⁷⁸⁸ was the capital of Kusattā, one of the twenty five and a half Āryan countries. It is mentioned that king Sauri entrusted the kingdom of Mahurā to his younger brother Suvira, and proceeded to Kusāvatta, where he founded Soripura ⁷⁸⁹ Mahāvīra is stated to have visited this town ⁷⁹⁰