[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) › c19.332 # Life in Ancient India as Depicted in the Jain Canons, with Commentaries: An Administrative, Economic, Social and Geographical Survey c19.332 Life in Ancient India as Depicted in the Jain Canons, with Commentaries: An Administrative, Economic, Social and Geographical Survey c19.332 - **Language:** English ### [c19.332](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.polity.jain-1947.c19.332) Avanti roughly corresponds to modern Malwa, Nimar and adjoining parts of the Central Provinces. Avanti was divided into two parts: the northern part had its capital at Ujjenī, and the southern part, called Avanti Dakṣiṇāpatha, had its capital at Māhissatī or Māhiṣmatī.⁷³ - [Previous: c19.331](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.polity.jain-1947.c19.331) - [Next: c19.333](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.polity.jain-1947.c19.333) - [Up: c19](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.polity.jain-1947.c19) --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/ins.polity.jain-1947.c19.332](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.polity.jain-1947.c19.332) · Pramāṇa