[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) › c19.2130 # Life in Ancient India as Depicted in the Jain Canons, with Commentaries: An Administrative, Economic, Social and Geographical Survey c19.2130 Life in Ancient India as Depicted in the Jain Canons, with Commentaries: An Administrative, Economic, Social and Geographical Survey c19.2130 - **Language:** English ### [c19.2130](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.polity.jain-1947.c19.2130) Corn was cultivated here by wells,⁸⁸⁶ and barley-meals was a common food in this country It was customary here to burn the old grass fields so that the new grass may grow in its place ⁸⁸⁷ As in Dakkhiṇāvaha, a maternal uncle's daughter was not allowed to marry in this country (See Dakkhiṇāvaha) - [Previous: c19.2129](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.polity.jain-1947.c19.2129) - [Next: c19.2131](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.polity.jain-1947.c19.2131) - [Up: c19](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.polity.jain-1947.c19) --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/ins.polity.jain-1947.c19.2130](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.polity.jain-1947.c19.2130) · Pramāṇa