[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) › c19.2455 # Life in Ancient India as Depicted in the Jain Canons, with Commentaries: An Administrative, Economic, Social and Geographical Survey c19.2455 Life in Ancient India as Depicted in the Jain Canons, with Commentaries: An Administrative, Economic, Social and Geographical Survey c19.2455 - **Language:** English ### [c19.2455](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.polity.jain-1947.c19.2455) \*Pakkaṇiya or Pakkaṇaya\* The Pakkaṇiyas were the maid-servants brought from this country. Pakkaṇiyas are perhaps the same as the Pareikanioi of Herodotus. This is also implied as a counter example to Praskanva in Sūtra (6. 1. 153) and is stated by the Kāśikā to have been the name of a country. The Pareikanioi, who are said to have formed a part of the empire of Darius, may be identified as the ancient inhabitants of modern Ferghana. Geographically Ferghana is situated immediately to the north of Pamir or ancient Kamboja.⁴⁶ - [Previous: c19.2454](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.polity.jain-1947.c19.2454) - [Next: c19.2456](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.polity.jain-1947.c19.2456) - [Up: c19](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.polity.jain-1947.c19) ## Linked texts (1) - [Aṣṭādhyāyī](https://indike.org/pramana/in.vedanga.vyakarana.astadhyayi.6.1.153) — Pāṇini, Sanskrit --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/ins.polity.jain-1947.c19.2455](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.polity.jain-1947.c19.2455) · Pramāṇa