[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) › c19.310 # Life in Ancient India as Depicted in the Jain Canons, with Commentaries: An Administrative, Economic, Social and Geographical Survey c19.310 Life in Ancient India as Depicted in the Jain Canons, with Commentaries: An Administrative, Economic, Social and Geographical Survey c19.310 - **Language:** English ### [c19.310](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.polity.jain-1947.c19.310) It is said that Usabha attained salvation at this mountain⁶³ Atthāvaya was also visited by Goyama.⁶⁴ (See also Ahicchatta). It is mentioned that this mountain was connected with Veyaddha and was eight \*yojanas\* in height and at its foot flowed the river Niyadī⁶⁵ A description of this mountain is given in the \*Tisasaḷākāpurusacarita\*⁶⁶ It was called Aṣṭāpada because around it eight steps were made It was also known as Harādri, Kailāsa and Sphaṭikādri⁶⁷ Atthāvaya is identical with Kailāsa which is Kangrinpoche of the Tibetans, situated about twenty five miles to the north of Mānasarovara beyond Gangrī.⁶⁸ - [Previous: c19.309](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.polity.jain-1947.c19.309) - [Next: c19.311](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.polity.jain-1947.c19.311) - [Up: c19](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.polity.jain-1947.c19) --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/ins.polity.jain-1947.c19.310](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.polity.jain-1947.c19.310) · Pramāṇa