[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) › c19.1910 # 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 - **Language:** English ### [c19.1910](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.polity.jain-1947.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 - [Previous: c19.1909](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.polity.jain-1947.c19.1909) - [Next: c19.1911](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.polity.jain-1947.c19.1911) - [Up: c19](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.polity.jain-1947.c19) --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/ins.polity.jain-1947.c19.1910](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.polity.jain-1947.c19.1910) · Pramāṇa