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Life in Ancient India as Depicted in the Jain Canons, with Commentaries: An Administrative, Economic, Social and Geographical Survey c19.2223

Life in Ancient India as Depicted in the Jain Canons, with Commentaries: An Administrative, Economic, Social and Geographical Survey c19.2223

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c19.2223

Varaṇā was known by the name of Uccānagara which is identical with the modern town of Bulandshahar in U P⁹²⁵ The dictionary *Fan Fan yu* has preserved an account that the monk Fa-chung, during the course of his travels in India (424-453), passed by the town of Varuna in his journey from Nagarahāra to Vaidiśa⁹²⁶