[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) › c19.2266 # Life in Ancient India as Depicted in the Jain Canons, with Commentaries: An Administrative, Economic, Social and Geographical Survey c19.2266 Life in Ancient India as Depicted in the Jain Canons, with Commentaries: An Administrative, Economic, Social and Geographical Survey c19.2266 - **Language:** English ### [c19.2266](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.polity.jain-1947.c19.2266) Kundapura, a suburb of Vesāli, was the birthplace of Mahāvīra, and hence he is called as Vesāliya. Vesāli was the centre of activities of Mahāvīra, who visited it frequently and passed twelve rainy seasons there.⁹⁴⁵ - [Previous: c19.2265](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.polity.jain-1947.c19.2265) - [Next: c19.2267](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.polity.jain-1947.c19.2267) - [Up: c19](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.polity.jain-1947.c19) --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/ins.polity.jain-1947.c19.2266](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.polity.jain-1947.c19.2266) · Pramāṇa