[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) › c19.2370 # Life in Ancient India as Depicted in the Jain Canons, with Commentaries: An Administrative, Economic, Social and Geographical Survey c19.2370 Life in Ancient India as Depicted in the Jain Canons, with Commentaries: An Administrative, Economic, Social and Geographical Survey c19.2370 - **Language:** English ### [c19.2370](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.polity.jain-1947.c19.2370) \*Bhilla\* Bhil was a pre-Āryan race inhabiting the Vindhya, Satpura and the Satmala or the Ajanta Hills. The Bhils were the chief of the large group of tribes that at one time held most of the country now distributed among the provinces of Mewar, Malwa, Khandesh and Gujerat.⁹ - [Previous: c19.2369](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.polity.jain-1947.c19.2369) - [Next: c19.2371](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.polity.jain-1947.c19.2371) - [Up: c19](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.polity.jain-1947.c19) --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/ins.polity.jain-1947.c19.2370](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.polity.jain-1947.c19.2370) · Pramāṇa