[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) › c19.2385 # Life in Ancient India as Depicted in the Jain Canons, with Commentaries: An Administrative, Economic, Social and Geographical Survey c19.2385 Life in Ancient India as Depicted in the Jain Canons, with Commentaries: An Administrative, Economic, Social and Geographical Survey c19.2385 - **Language:** English ### [c19.2385](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.polity.jain-1947.c19.2385) Cuñcuka It is mentioned in the \*Mahābhārata\* (XIII. 146. 17) as well as the \*Brhatsamhitā\*¹⁶ According to Sylvain Lévi, this country is situated near Gazipur, he identifies it with Cenchu of Hiuen Tsang.¹⁷ - [Previous: c19.2384](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.polity.jain-1947.c19.2384) - [Next: c19.2386](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.polity.jain-1947.c19.2386) - [Up: c19](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.polity.jain-1947.c19) ## Cites (2) - [Mahābhārata](https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.mahabharata.vyasa*vulgate.13.146.17) — Sanskrit - [Bṛhatsaṃhitā](https://indike.org/pramana/in.astro.samhita.rsi.brhatsamhita) — Varāhamihira, Sanskrit --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/ins.polity.jain-1947.c19.2385](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.polity.jain-1947.c19.2385) · Pramāṇa