[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) › c19.2125 # Life in Ancient India as Depicted in the Jain Canons, with Commentaries: An Administrative, Economic, Social and Geographical Survey c19.2125 Life in Ancient India as Depicted in the Jain Canons, with Commentaries: An Administrative, Economic, Social and Geographical Survey c19.2125 - **Language:** English ### [c19.2125](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.polity.jain-1947.c19.2125) Various customs and practices of this country are recorded in the Jain texts. It is said that there was severe cold in this country and people having insufficient clothes kept themselves warm by burning fuel.⁸⁸² Even heat was unbearable here and there was a constant rainfall in this country,⁸⁸³ accompanied by snow.⁸⁸⁴ It is stated that people in this country had their meals at night and so, if a monk, due to famine etc., was obliged to travel here, he had to follow the same practice.⁸⁸⁵ - [Previous: c19.2124](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.polity.jain-1947.c19.2124) - [Next: c19.2126](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.polity.jain-1947.c19.2126) - [Up: c19](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.polity.jain-1947.c19) --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/ins.polity.jain-1947.c19.2125](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.polity.jain-1947.c19.2125) · Pramāṇa