[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) › c19.2229 # Life in Ancient India as Depicted in the Jain Canons, with Commentaries: An Administrative, Economic, Social and Geographical Survey c19.2229 Life in Ancient India as Depicted in the Jain Canons, with Commentaries: An Administrative, Economic, Social and Geographical Survey c19.2229 - **Language:** English ### [c19.2229](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.polity.jain-1947.c19.2229) Vārāṇasī was the birthplace of the seventh and the twenty third \*Tīrthaṅkaras\*.⁹²⁷ Vārāṇasī was visited by Mahāvīra, who is said to have arrived here from Kosambī and proceeded to Rāyagiha⁹²⁸ It was also frequented by Gosāla⁹²⁹ The Vānapattha mendicants are stated to have put up here on the bank of the Ganges⁹³⁰ - [Previous: c19.2228](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.polity.jain-1947.c19.2228) - [Next: c19.2230](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.polity.jain-1947.c19.2230) - [Up: c19](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.polity.jain-1947.c19) --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/ins.polity.jain-1947.c19.2229](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.polity.jain-1947.c19.2229) · Pramāṇa