[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) › c19.2223 # 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 - **Language:** English ### [c19.2223](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.polity.jain-1947.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 - [Previous: c19.2222](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.polity.jain-1947.c19.2222) - [Next: c19.2224](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.polity.jain-1947.c19.2224) - [Up: c19](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.polity.jain-1947.c19) --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/ins.polity.jain-1947.c19.2223](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.polity.jain-1947.c19.2223) · Pramāṇa