[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) › c19.2441 # Life in Ancient India as Depicted in the Jain Canons, with Commentaries: An Administrative, Economic, Social and Geographical Survey c19.2441 Life in Ancient India as Depicted in the Jain Canons, with Commentaries: An Administrative, Economic, Social and Geographical Survey c19.2441 - **Language:** English ### [c19.2441](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.polity.jain-1947.c19.2441) \*Meda\* Meda is described as a tribe of the mlecchas which used to hunt animals day and night with bow and arrow ³⁹ Meda is mentioned in the \*Mahābhārata\* as the name of a low caste ⁴⁰ They were the sea-faring people of the Makrān coast ⁴¹ - [Previous: c19.2440](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.polity.jain-1947.c19.2440) - [Next: c19.2442](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.polity.jain-1947.c19.2442) - [Up: c19](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.polity.jain-1947.c19) ## Cites (1) - [Mahābhārata](https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.mahabharata.vyasa) — Vyāsa, Sanskrit --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/ins.polity.jain-1947.c19.2441](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.polity.jain-1947.c19.2441) · Pramāṇa